VR camera maker Lytro is shutting down, and former employees are going to Google
Adi Robertson / The Verge :
Sources: Google is buying Lytro, the imaging startup that uses its light field tech in VR, for about $40M; one source describes deal as an “asset sale”
Last week, Google showed off a new app to display immersive photography in virtual reality, and a multi-camera technique for capturing it …
Lytro raises $60M Series D from Blue Pool Capital, Foxconn, Qualcomm Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, NEA, GSV, others to bring light field VR technology to Asia
Ken Yeung / VentureBeat :
Lytro raises $60M Series D from Blue Pool Capital, Foxconn, Qualcomm Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, NEA, GSV, others to bring light field VR technology to Asia
Ken Yeung / VentureBeat :
Lytro's Cinema 755-megapixel light field camera offers 40K resolution at 300 FPS, could make green screens obsolete; rental packages start at $125K
Lytro's 755 megapixel Cinema light field camera is going to kill the green screen — Lytro is taking its rich, volumetric 3D camera capture technology into the world of TV and film.
Lytro CEO Jason Rosenthal on why the company exited the consumer business to focus on providing Light Field powered solutions for virtual reality companies
Jason Rosenthal / Backchannel :
Lytro Branches Out from Photography, Offers Unprecedented Access to Their Tech for $20K
The folks at Lytro have always believed that light field technology is the future, and not just for photography and storytelling. They believe that anything with a lens and a sensor can benefit from ...
Lytro Partners With 500px, Opens File Format Letting its Pictures Live More Places
One of the big challenges for light-field photography startup Lytro has been dealing with the fact that it has to fit into a world that understands photos and video, but isn't well suited or even inte...
Lytro's new Illum light-field camera targets professional photographers, costs $1599
Lytro changed photography. Now can it get anyone to care? — An exclusive look at the company's new Illum camera — “Okay, can I take it out of the box now?” — Lytro product director Colvin Pitts...
Apple patents Lytro-like refocusable camera suitable for iPhone
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday awarded Apple a patent for a camera system that uses a microlens adaptor to enable refocusing of an image after the initial shot is taken, much like the...