1. An apparatus of a motor vehicle for spatial acquisition of a scene inside or outside the motor vehicle, said apparatus comprising a LIDAR sensor which is coupled to an electronic detection device, and an image sensor which is connected to an image processing device for recording and evaluation of images of the scene, wherein said detection device and said image processing device are coupled to a computer for determining spatial data of the scene, and wherein said image sensor is formed by a 3D camera for recording three-dimensional image data, which operates according to the time-of-flight (TOF) method.