Popular social media app TikTok has rolled out its first Lidar Power AR effect on the new iPhone 12 Pro.

“To ring in 2021 we released our first AR effect on the new iPhone 12 Pro, using LiDAR technology which allows us to create effects that interact with your environment – visually bridging the digital and physical worlds. We’re excited to develop more innovative effects in 2021!

-TikTok wrote on Twitter

TikTok mentioned on Twitter that using the LiDAR technology allows them “to create effects that interact with your environment – visually bridging the digital and physical worlds.”

The social media app has published an example video using the effect. Check out the video below.

To ring in 2021 we released our first AR effect on the new iPhone 12 Pro, using LiDAR technology which allows us to create effects that interact with your environment – visually bridging the digital and physical worlds. We're excited to develop more innovative effects in 2021! pic.twitter.com/6yFD2FfHta

— TikTokComms (@TikTokComms) January 6, 2021

TikTok added in the tweet that the company is excited to develop more innovative effects in 2021.

Source: TikTok