They can and they do.
replyhttps://youtu.be/LFh9GAzHg1c?t=872
They've also built it into a full neural simulator.
https://youtu.be/LFh9GAzHg1c?t=1063
I think what we are seeing is that they both converged on the correct approach, one of them decided to talk about it, and it triggered disclosure all around since nobody wants to be seen as lagging.
I watched that video around both timestamps and didn't see or hear any mention of LIDAR, only of video.
replyExactly: they convert video into a world model representation suitable for 3D exploration and simulation without using LIDAR (except perhaps for scale calibration).
replyMy mistake - I misinterpreted your comment, but after re-reading more carefully, it's clear that the video confirms exactly what you said.
replytesla is not impressive, I would never put my child in one
replyTesla does collect LIDAR data (people have seen them doing it, it's just not on all of the cars) and they do generate depth maps from sensor data, but from the examples I've seen it is much lower resolution than these Waymo examples.
replyTesla does it to map the areas to come up with high def maps for areas where their cars try to operate.
replyTesla uses lidar to train their models to generate depth data out of camera input. I don’t think they have any high definition maps.
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