Forget Photoshop, Apple RoomPlan, powered byARKit, lets you use the iPhone or iPad’s LiDAR Scanner to create a 3D floor plan for just about any room, complete with characteristics like dimensions as well as type of furniture included. In other words, you can clear out a fully furnished room using this tool and see how it would look empty.
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RoomPlan is designed to be the first step for interior design workflows to help streamline conceptual exploration and planning. It outputs in USD or USDZ file formats, both of which include dimensions of each component recognized in the room, like walls or cabinets, as well as the type of furniture detected. How powerful is the LiDAR scanner in iPhones and iPads? Well, even the BMW X6 Vantablack can’t escape its laser beams.
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