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Originally Posted by RToyo86
I know little about this sort of tech overall. Lidar from my understanding is quite expensive at the moment, but seems to have some advantages over Tesla's camera system. If they can advance the tech fast enough that would in theory push the costs down.
Computers and software work great until they don't. Mainly where my skepticism lies on overcomplicating things.
assuming this will be quite niche in the early phases I can see this working in warm climates with more consistent weather all year round. At this point we're are barely in its infancy phase so it's a lot of what ifs.
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Not really in its infancy. FSD cars are already in operation around the world. If that is your definition of infancy then yes, it is in its infancy. It also isn’t niche. This will spread very, very rapidly, especially in industry.
Lidar has come down in size and price a lot, so it would be helpful to have it as a backup system, but it is not necessary, and it adds another level of complexity or system that can fail. All humans use is vision to drive with some auditory and other sensory input. We don’t have lidar or radar, and we do fine when we are attentive and not under the influence or not too far over the hill. Visual acuity to drive is 20/40 in both eyes and at least 20/40 in one eye and at least 20/70 in the other, and the average adult can’t tell the difference between 720p and 1080p at a standard viewing distance, so high camera resolution isn’t necessary.