BBC Demonstrates How LiDAR Sensor on New iPhone 12 Pro Can Help Visually-Impaired People [Video]

The BBC has posted 'A Vision of The Future' special that examines how new technologies can help those with disabilities.

To coincide with the International Day of Persons With Disabilities, Click explores the latest developments around accessibility and inclusion in tech. Blind reporter Lucy Edwards investigates how AI helps visually-impaired people identify people and objects with their phones, while Niamh Hughes looks at the strides made in gaming accessibility, through the prism of her own experiences.

In the special, reporter Lucy Edwards demonstrates how the LiDAR sensor on the new 5G iPhone 12 Pro can be used to identify her proximity to people and objects.


Take a look at the video below...



[via iMore]