According to Chris Heinrich, founder of the popular app Polycam, the iPhone's current LiDAR scanner could be a big bang moment for 3D snapping. "There are strong parallels to the history of ...

You've got a LiDAR scanner if you've got an iPhone 12 ... Use Canvas: LiDAR 3D Measurements for iPhone — free on the iOS App Store — and you can scan your surroundings. Stand in the middle ...

How would you like to see Apple's iPhone 17 Pro Max ahead of time? Well, maybe you can. Leaker Majin Bu just posted a short ...

Apple looks increasingly unlikely to expand its LiDAR Scanner to the entire iPhone 13 lineup this year, despite some rumors to the contrary. The LiDAR Scanner is a small sensor that uses 3D ...

Lidar only works if you have an iPhone 12 Pro or later, but it's excellent for scanning larger objects like mailboxes, pool tables and even cars. It works a lot like an expensive 3D scanner -- by ...

scanning and recreating 3D models, or immersing you in AR games. Introduced a few years ago, the LiDAR scanner is available on the Pro and Pro Max models of the iPhone 12, 13, 14, and 15 ...

First introduced in 2020 for iPhone 12 Pro models, the LiDAR Scanner is a hardware component ... experiences (an early AR hit was Pokemon Go). 3D modeling would also benefit, as well as portrait ...

The black circle is actually a LiDAR scanner. LiDAR stands for Light ... measure what's in front of it. It means an iPhone can accurately create a 3D map of the space in front of the sensor.

The main problem with using an iPhone as a 3D scanner in this manner is that the sensor is built into the front side of the device. It’s great for scanning your own face, but if you’re trying ...