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TechFirst with John Koetsier

iPhone 12 Pro's lidar enables 100X faster 3D scanning than conventional photogrammetry

Dec 7, 2020
23:28

There’s a brand-new sensor in the iPhone 12 Pro, and it’s a big clue about the future of technology. 

Already just 1 month after iPhone 12 launch, the phone accounts for 5% of new uploads to Sketchfab, the largest global platform for immersive and interactive 3D models. It's much faster, high-quality especially at room-scale, but not the best at small-scale objects.

In this episode of TechFirst with John Koetsier, we chat with Alban Denoyal, the CEO of Sketchfab about why.

And about the implications of 3D scanning: where it's used, what it can do, and what it's changing in augmented reality, mixed reality, VR, and more.

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