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This raises the question of what the lidar does inside.

Dec. 24, 2018 by Kimberly Parks

This raises the question of what the lidar does inside. In my view, it does more than just create a high-definition view of the world. It provides a way to visualize a scene that's otherwise far more static, which may make it more challenging to read in real time.

There are a number of other important technologies being developed that make it easier to read the world around us: robotics in general, artificial intelligence in particular, and even quantum computers. But I'm not sure that Ouster's lidar has enough of a chance of being in the hands of anyone, other than its own employees.

There were other interesting things to see in the video above, including:

* The first camera in the lidar was found in a new test center in New York. It's being used to image a huge swath of land, and is also intended to be used to look at the entire globe. It's one of two prototype prototypes that have arrived at the lab. The other is being operated by a local lab, and will eventually be flown in to other nations, but not in the real world.

* The second camera is being used to look inside the world's most distant star, Alpha Centauri V. It's being operated by a local lab in the U.K., and will eventually be flown in to other nations. The third camera was used to look at a comet in the constellation Virgo. It's being operated by a local lab in the U.S., and will eventually be flown in to other nations, but not in the real world.

* One of the most ambitious new devices I've seen is a remote sensing device that could be used to see the sky. It's actually actually a bit more expensive than the current lidar system, but it's being used to see a portion of the sky directly on Earth.