LIDAR in iPhone

I'm thinking about using an iPhone LiDAR scanner for my master's thesis, but I'm wondering if anywhere I can find more information about the specifications of this scanner? Is the only information shared only the fact that the LiDAR scanner is included in the PRO models?

iPhone 12 Pro

Posted on May 7, 2024 4:23 PM

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Posted on May 7, 2024 4:50 PM

Apple hasn’t posted specs, AFAIK.


A paper on one of the LIDAR scanners: https://isprs-archives.copernicus.org/articles/XLIII-B1-2021/63/2021/isprs-archives-XLIII-B1-2021-63-2021.pdf


And the API: Capturing depth using the LiDAR camera | Apple Developer Documentation


There’s a hardware tear-down review here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xz6CExnGw9w

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May 7, 2024 4:44 PM in response to BDAqua

Thank you. This is a very useful article for me. Although, I wonder if apple has officially confirmed somewhere about the technical data of the LiDAR scanner. In the article you provided, the authors describe the technical data of the scanner based on another article, and those based on another article, and so on.

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