I think I'm misunderstanding - they're converting video into their representatio...

smallmancontrov · 2026-02-06T17:04:50 1770397490

They can and they do.

They've also built it into a full neural simulator.

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.

tfehring · 2026-02-06T18:00:11 1770400811

I watched that video around both timestamps and didn't see or hear any mention of LIDAR, only of video.

smallmancontrov · 2026-02-06T18:24:56 1770402296

Exactly: they convert video into a world model representation suitable for 3D exploration and simulation without using LIDAR (except perhaps for scale calibration).

tfehring · 2026-02-06T18:33:18 1770402798

My mistake - I misinterpreted your comment, but after re-reading more carefully, it's clear that the video confirms exactly what you said.

IhateAI_3 · 2026-02-06T18:51:46 1770403906

tesla is not impressive, I would never put my child in one

yakz · 2026-02-06T16:54:51 1770396891

Tesla 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.

justapassenger · 2026-02-06T16:57:53 1770397073

Tesla does it to map the areas to come up with high def maps for areas where their cars try to operate.

vardump · 2026-02-06T17:11:29 1770397889

Tesla uses lidar to train their models to generate depth data out of camera input. I don’t think they have any high definition maps.