Apple Just Quietly Gave Us the Golden Key to Unlock the Metaverse

‘Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.’ Since Apple first released its LiDAR-scanner equipped iPad Pro, I have been chasing a dream. That dream was just realised, without much fanfare, with the release of iOS 16 this Monday. <h1>Seeing the world through an Apple</h1> Apple has a history of adding technology to its products that only makes sense much later. Developers, and hardcore geeks, know of it, but the general public does not. When a new product is later released to the public, the effect is that it is magically advanced and ‘just works’. One such technology is the advanced LiDAR scanner that now ships with every iPhone. Looking at your camera array, you see a small black dot. LiDAR is a technology that measures distance and shape of objects around it much like radar. It enables the phone to know the shapes and distance of objects in any direction of the phone’s field of vision. Effectively, it builds an instant 3D model, in any lighting condition, of the world around it. <a href="https://medium.com/blockchain-biz/apple-just-quietly-gave-us-the-golden-key-to-unlock-the-metaverse-54b34732e1cf">Website</a>