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My German skills are moderate, but does that mean it's only when pointing at the LIDAR, and everything went back to normal when pointed somewhere else? I also don't get how zooming is a factor?
If that's the case, I don't really see a problem? And I find it weird to claim the camera is damaged?
Weird article...
Edit: The zooming is probably about switching camera, but just calling it zooming is misleading, because not all phones have separate cameras for that.
No, the LIDAR is an infrared laser. Invisible and harmless to the human eye, but a phone's camera can pick it up. And due to the intensity, if going too close, it'll burn out the pixels of the camera sensor leaving permanent damage.
Here's a great demonstration: https://x.com/niccruzpatane/status/1924485047580586294
Thanks, that's a very good example. 👍
What was confusing about the article, was the stupid part about the problem going away when zooming out? Which in fact is probably switching to another camera.
It was exactly this and people were furiously pointing it out in the comments.