A small South African tech company called LightWare produces the world’s lightest and most compact scanning LiDAR unit – which is now used by global technology companies.
LiDAR is a detection system which works on the same principle as radar, but uses light from a laser instead of sound to detect objects.
The LightWare LW45 follows a different approach. It captures 3D objects (not images) and the data is then processed onboard the microLiDAR device. This means that no further processing is required and it also circumvents any privacy issues associated with off-device video processing.
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LightWare produces the world’s lightest and most compact scanning LiDAR unit, which is used by the biggest technology companies.