Lidar sensors for this market generally need to stay under $1,000 to be viable. The pioneer here was a little-known company called Ibeo, which partnered with auto supplier Valeo to provide lidar ...

Velodyne was the pioneer in automotive lidar with the familiar rotating sensors seen on the roof most automated driving prototypes. Velodyne is now launching a $500 solid-state sensor.

LiDAR isn't the first Time of Flight sensor to find its way into consumer electronics. Samsung has infrared ToF sensors in smartphones like the Galaxy S20+ and Galaxy S20 Ultra, for example, but ...