The iPad Pro can scan your house, and future iPhones might too

WithApple’s remote WWDC developer conferenceapproaching next week, Apple will likely place great emphasis on new AR tools.

Occipital has since moved to a software-based approach for its scanning tools.

Occipital’s latest Canvas app uses regular iPhone and iPad cameras to mesh and map rooms quickly.

The company sees the extra depth data adding to the tools it already has.

it’s possible for you to look at a Canvas scan below, embedded in this story.

Future AR cameras, however, could blend both functions more.

“It also accounts for semantic recognition.

Joining the geometry and image information.

And that’s where we’re moving.”