Lidar sensors for this market generally need to stay under $1,000 to be viable. The pioneer here was a little-known company called Ibeo, which partnered with auto supplier Valeo to provide lidar ...

The first three-dimensional lidar sensor was introduced by Velodyne more than a decade ago. The spinning unit cost around $75,000 and was significantly larger than a smartphone.

LiDAR isn't the first Time of Flight sensor to find its way into consumer electronics. Samsung has infrared ToF sensors in smartphones like the Galaxy S20+ and Galaxy S20 Ultra, for example, but ...