Lidar used to cost $75,000—here’s how Apple brought it to the iPhone | Ars Technica

This is a super interesting read highlighting how companies are dropping the price of Lidar so much. The iPhone 12 now has Lidar which I expect is going to be a huge benefit for computational photography. When I read about all this innovation in Lidar I kept thinking how Tesla is, if I remember correctly, the only company pursuing autonomous cars and not using LIdar. They have felt the cost is too high and have preferred a pure vision based system. That will be an interesting bet to look back on over the years.