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Visera — LiDAR interior design for iPhone Pro
A LiDAR interior design app for the room you actually have.
Visera uses Apple ARKit and the LiDAR scanner on iPhone Pro to measure your room, then lets you try paint colours and true-size furniture inside that measurement — live, through the camera, in your own space. Nothing is generated or imagined; it's your room, scanned.
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What counts as LiDAR interior design
"LiDAR interior design" sits between two categories that don't quite deliver the same thing. Floor-plan and room-scanning apps measure a space accurately but stop at the shell — you get a 3D model, not a design decision. AI moodboard and rendering apps go straight to a finished-looking image, but one that's disconnected from your room's real dimensions, light or openings. A LiDAR interior design app measures the room first, the way a scanner does, and then puts paint and furniture decisions inside that same measured space, the way a design tool should.
In practice
What you can do with it
Furniture at true size
Place catalogue sofas, storage and other pieces at their listed dimensions to explore fit and walkway clearance. Confirm real measurements before ordering.
A wall finishes library
Beyond flat colour, browse a library of wall panel textures and finishes rendered onto the same measured walls.
Who it's for
Homeowners, renters, and designers doing the same job faster
Most people opening a LiDAR interior design app are trying to avoid a bad guess: the wrong white, a sofa that doesn't clear the doorway, a shelf that's a few centimetres too deep for the alcove. Visera is built for that — homeowners, renters and DIY decorators previewing a change before committing to it — and it works just as well for an interior designer who wants a fast, in-situ visualisation to show a client on the spot, in the actual room, instead of waiting on a rendered mock-up.
Important details
What LiDAR measurement requires — and doesn't replace
What you need
Accurate room mapping requires a supported iPhone Pro with LiDAR and iOS 26 or later. Results can vary with lighting, reflective surfaces, occlusion and how much of the room the camera can see.
What "true size" means
Furniture is shown using its catalogue dimensions when available. On-device tracking and scan quality still affect placement, so confirm final measurements before ordering, cutting, painting or installing.
Questions
LiDAR interior design — questions people ask
What is a LiDAR interior design app?
An app that uses a phone's depth sensor to measure a real room, then lets you place design decisions — paint colour, furniture, wall finishes — inside that measurement rather than in a generic mock-up. Visera uses Apple ARKit and the LiDAR scanner on iPhone Pro to scan the room first, so paint and furniture are shown against its actual walls, floor and proportions.
Can a LiDAR app help with furniture layout as well as paint?
Yes. Once a room is measured, the same scan supports placing furniture at true, real-world dimensions and checking fit, proportion and walkway clearance, alongside previewing wall paint colours and finishes. Visera does both from one scan — see the furniture collection.
Do interior designers use LiDAR scanning apps?
LiDAR-based room scanning is used for fast, in-situ client visualisation — showing a paint colour or a furniture piece in the client's actual room during a walkthrough, rather than relying on a rendering produced later. Visera is built for both homeowners doing their own DIY decisions and designers who want a quick, real-room preview.
What's the difference between this and a floor-plan scanner?
A floor-plan scanner typically outputs a 2D or 3D shell of a room's dimensions and stops there. A LiDAR interior design app like Visera uses that same kind of scan as a starting point, then lets you make and preview actual design decisions inside the measured space. See how the scan itself works.
Does it replace a tape measure?
No. It's a strong visualisation and planning tool, and Visera uses catalogue dimensions for furniture where available, but on-device tracking and scan quality still affect the result. Confirm final measurements before ordering, cutting, painting or installing anything.
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