<story><title>Look inside iPad Pro 11s Lidar Scanner</title><url>https://www.eetasia.com/look-inside-ipad-pro-11s-lidar-scanner/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>wetwiper</author><text>&amp;gt; Apple adopted the term to describe a new sensor that measures depth&lt;p&gt;Not to be _that_ person, but someone should maybe inform the author that use of LiDAR has been around for quite some time already... the &amp;quot;sensor that measures depth&amp;quot; is pretty much a description of what LiDAR is used for and this isnt a new application of the term. And sensors to do this already exist so no &amp;quot;newness&amp;quot; in this field.
I mean sure, if they were talking about it being included for consumer usage in everyday mobile devices, then maybe thats a new thing? But the wording of that phrase seems to want to credit Apple for something newly coined or invented, which isnt the case</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>cwhiz</author><text>Basic reading comprehension&lt;p&gt;It says adopted, not invented or created. If you continued reading for two more paragraphs you would have read the author say that the auto industry has also adopted lidar. Is the author implying that the auto industry has also invented lidar?!?&lt;p&gt;It’s not even close to insinuating that Apple invented lidar. And this article isn’t from Apple, anyway.</text></comment>
<story><title>Look inside iPad Pro 11s Lidar Scanner</title><url>https://www.eetasia.com/look-inside-ipad-pro-11s-lidar-scanner/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>wetwiper</author><text>&amp;gt; Apple adopted the term to describe a new sensor that measures depth&lt;p&gt;Not to be _that_ person, but someone should maybe inform the author that use of LiDAR has been around for quite some time already... the &amp;quot;sensor that measures depth&amp;quot; is pretty much a description of what LiDAR is used for and this isnt a new application of the term. And sensors to do this already exist so no &amp;quot;newness&amp;quot; in this field.
I mean sure, if they were talking about it being included for consumer usage in everyday mobile devices, then maybe thats a new thing? But the wording of that phrase seems to want to credit Apple for something newly coined or invented, which isnt the case</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>dan-robertson</author><text>The sentence is a bit awkward but I think it is phrased that way to suggest that Apple’s sensor is different from other things called lidar which tend to involve scanning with a rotating mirror.</text></comment>