Door detection

By Tristo, 26 July, 2023

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iOS and iPadOS

Hi, is door detection and people detection available on Iphones in Australia? if so, what phones? Thanks

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By Holger Fiallo on Sunday, July 23, 2023 - 17:47

J Mosen did a podcast on using it. It works with any pro phone. Do not think it works with the others. Check Mosen at Large for it. Sorry do not recall the episode number. Go to his web page.

By Brian Giles on Sunday, July 23, 2023 - 17:47

Yep, it's available on all iPhone and iPads pro with lidar, so for phones, iPhone 12 pro and up.

I've played with door detection a little bit and have not come away as impressed as podcasts and demos make it sound. Perhaps I'm just no good with a camera lol, but I've never been able to get it to give me a consistent description of a door, even when moving slowly to find it like you are supposed to.

Same thing using image descriptions -- VoiceOver will often give me a totally different description of what the camera is pointed at, even if I don't move.

How do some people get good results with their iPhone camera (like usable document scans) and some of us don't get anything useful?