The really interesting stuff is in Part 2 of his demo:
https://twitter.com/AndrewProjDent/status/888380207962443777
https://twitter.com/AndrewProjDent/status/888380207962443777
It looks like Pioneer already shipped something much cruder but of similar idea, and I swear I saw a Microsoft concept video with something more refined.
For navigation, I think this may come over as having better precision than it really has.