LiDAR

4 statements across 3 episodes · 3 bullish · 1 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Jun 25, 2025 by Kyle Vogt · across every show →

Everything said about LiDAR, oldest first

Jun 25, 2025 bearish
Insight
Vogt: Real-time global 3D HD mapping is intractable for autonomous vehicles
“Because it is just intractable to maintain a three-D map of every square inch of the planet and update it in real time, and then expect that every time you go somewhere, the map is still accurate on one hand, and also probably unrealistic to assume that every …”
Kyle Vogt Jun 25, 2025 ▶ 17:25 A Cheeky Pint with Kyle Vogt, cofounder of Twitch, Cruise, and The Bot Company
Oct 14, 2025 positive
Assertion Supported
Scaringe: LiDAR sensor costs dropped from $75,000 to $200
“Six, seven years ago a LiDAR was 20,000 dollars. 15 years ago LiDAR was 75,000 dollars. Today a LiDAR is like 200 bucks. So it's a very low cost sensor.”
RJ Scaringe Oct 14, 2025 ▶ 43:02 How to build a $16B car company with RJ Scaringe, founder of Rivian
Mar 24, 2026 positive
Disclosure
Waymo Fuses Camera, LiDAR, and Radar Encoders Jointly Rather Than Comparing Outputs
“It's not like, you know, we estimate, you know, what's happening with the world through cameras, and through radars, and through lighters, and then we compare. No, they're like, there's an encoder for camera, there's an encoder for lighters, and they all go in…”
Dmitri Dolgov Mar 24, 2026 ▶ 39:44 The 20-year journey to fully autonomous cars with Dmitri Dolgov of Waymo
Mar 24, 2026 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Dolgov: Waymo LiDAR bounced under bus to detect occluded pedestrian
“What actually turned out was happening is that our peripheral lighters bounce under the bus, and there was just a little bit of very, very noisy reflection of the movement of the person's feet. That was enough for the AI models that, hey, I likely there's a pe…”
Dmitri Dolgov Mar 24, 2026 ▶ 45:05 The 20-year journey to fully autonomous cars with Dmitri Dolgov of Waymo
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