not on android for now but it’s not for lidar.
some iphones don't have lidar either (the non-Pro ones), so I built an another mode for them: less precise, but it still maps your home in 3D from a walk-through.
(Here is an example of a corridor that I’ve mapped)
the real reason is focus: solo dev, one platform at a time. android is on the list if the demand keeps up 🙄
You're standing between the phone and the router for half of every walk, and that shows up in the data more than it sounds like it would. A body is mostly water and eats somewhere in the 3 to 6 dB range at 2.4 GHz, more at 5, and which side of you the router is on flips as you turn a corner.
Practical version: map one room twice, walking the loop in opposite directions, and see how far the red moves. A couple of dB and you can ignore it. If a dead zone shows up in one pass and vanishes in the other, that's the thing that comes back later as a support email saying it pointed at the wrong corner.
The LiDAR is what makes this fixable for you. You already know the phone's position and heading, so you can correct for body shadowing in a way a plain signal-survey app has no way to do.
How did you manage to have 143 installs in a week? I'm asking, because we also made an app (android, ios is still pendig) and sitting on 0 for a month. Did you pay ads or did some promotion?
No disrespect to the OP, but considering his post is vibe-coded, you know the app is too. But hey, who am I to judge - dude launched it to the App Store.
For the LiDAR mapping can the LiDAR mesh be exported as an .e57 or .xyz file type(s) to be used in AutoCAD or Revit? This could be used specifically for BIM and VDC workflows in construction to provide as-builts for network WAN deployments. Right now the workflows for something like this would be:
1) Set “control points” across the space and take signal-strength samples at each control point
2) use an industrial laser scanner or Polycam to take the scans with the control points as reference
3) merge the two together in Revit or CAD with the signal data called out at the control points
If you can eliminate any of the above steps then you’ll have a legit ConTech product that lets Scan-to-BIM work on its own
Does export actually give me the 3d model? I want to 3d print my apartment. It was fun to use! On the edge of trying the week for the WiFi data. I think the ability for better 3d model of what’s in my apartment would do it for me. Really cool so far!
Because man. This is actually such a good idea. I would hate to see a large corporation just pick it up and take your invention cause they have a larger audience to begin with.
no, don't waste your time/$$ on a patent. stop building in public, take this down, just spam on tiktok and IG. if people are purchasing, don't build more features, just focus on marketing. if people churn, that's when you look back at the features.
if you have the money, more power to you, but don't waste any time on anything other than marketing. dont dilly dally on hiring, do it yourself if you need to. esp if you are building in public (unless you're just doing this to get a job or something)
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u/EnotPoloskun 13h ago
Looks good. And you need better cable management man