That lidar probably doesn’t have good fov and resolution. Getting those working on a solid state unit is a big challenge

Multi point flash is actually petty good at that, and as the number of vcsels increases, it will increase

Any idea what Apple's LIDAR specs are? Just saying that if the sample rate is only supposed to be good enough for auto-focusing a camera every second within a 10-20 degree FOV on-center, then there's still a deal of improvement needed before they can be used for self-driving cars. I think the tech will get there eventually, but this is an area where the sensor specs become really important.