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Seeing Around Corners Using Smartphone-Grade Lidar

by marc__1 on 5/25/2026, 11:32:56 AM

https://spectrum.ieee.org/smartphone-grade-lidar

Comments

by: ofrzeta

So this only works if you have walls opposite of this corner?

5/28/2026, 12:34:21 PM


by: cuechan

Why not just place a mirror at 45 degrees in the corner? That way you don't need the lidar but you can just look around the corner? It would also work better with the lidar.

5/28/2026, 11:09:21 AM