Category: light field

The production model Light L16 product photos are out and pre-orders shipping in July

John Aldred

The Light L16 is a unique oddity amongst cameras. If you’ve never heard of it before, it uses an array of 16 cameras and lenses to create “DSLR quality in the palm of your hand”. Whether that claim is true or not remains to be seen. But see we will, and quite soon now. First announced […]

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Lytro takes us to the moon with first footage from their VR camera

John Aldred

We first mentioned Lytro’s Immerge virtual reality camera last year. Incorporating their light field technology at its core, it has a very unique appearance resembling something more suited to the set of a sci-fi movie. In the original concept video introducing us to Immerge, the demons shown were mockups. Now, Lytro have released live action […]

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Light L16 Camera gets a storage bump and wider focal range as it picks up $30mil in funding

John Aldred

Since debuting the Light L16 last October, it’s a product that many have been following with interest. Some see it as an interesting concept that’ll probably end up being vaporware, while others can’t wait to get their hands on it and see what it may hold for the future of photography. The latest round of announcements […]

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Lytro announces A first ever Light field virtual reality camera – Immerge

Udi Tirosh

Lytro just announced the first ever Light field virtual reality camera. This is an interesting shift in direction for a company that on one really got what they were doing. While their previous cameras were somewhat gimiky, this new camera may actually have real application in the emerging VR production world. Immerge, a spherical camera captures light […]

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Light Is Promising A DSLR Quality Camera In A Smartphone Formfactor by Combinbing 16 Lenses

Udi Tirosh

Every now and then a new technology comes that threatens to shake the existing paradigm of how photography is done. Mirrorless has done this to a certain extent, removing a significant element form the Camera’s body. But an even bigger step would be the move to computational photography. This is where several small optical and […]

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