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Another common misconception: iPhones don't have "LiDAR" sensors in front.
The Face ID / TrueDepth camera is a standard infrared camera using SLS (structured light sensing).
In other words, it's a miniature Kinect 1.
Apple bought the company that built Kinect 1 to build this!
This is in contrast to Kinect 2, which uses a Time-of-Flight camera which *is* a form of LiDAR (Flash LiDAR).
https://soul.art is another company using ToF LiDAR sensors for motion tracking.
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