iPhone 12 LiDAR scanner could spur adoption in Android phones in 2021The benefits of direct time of flight seem to vastly outweigh those of indirect.
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A new report says that Android smartphone vendors may adopt direct time of flight camera technology next year.
Apple's adoption of LiDAR, which is based on the tech, is expected to prompt other vendors to follow suit, as the benefits vastly outweigh the less-expensive indirect time of flight used in most Android phones.
A new report says that Android smartphone vendors may look to adopt direct Time-of-Flight (dToF) technology for use in smartphone cameras next year, spurred by Apple's inclusion of LiDAR in the iPhone 12 Pro.
From DigiTimes:
Apple's adopting LiDAR based on dToF (direct time of flight) for iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12 Pro Max and iPad (2020) is expected to prompt Android smartphone vendors to follow suit, likely to replace indirect ToF (iToF) to become the mainstream 3D depth-sensing technology in 2021.
While major Android phone vendors have integrated les...
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iPhone 12 LiDAR scanner could spur adoption in Android phones in 2021
