Lytro, the light-field imaging startup focused on virtual reality, is shutting down. In a blog post, Lytro said it’s going to begin winding down and will not be taking on any new productions or providing new services. Earlier this month, we heard Google would be acquiring Lytro in an “asset sale.” While Google is not […]
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Google’s Pixel phones could get serious camera boost with Lytro acquisition
Lytro had big plans to change the photography industry with its unique, rectangular-shaped “light field camera” that let users refocus photos after they’d taken them.
Now, Lytro is being acquired by Google for as much as $40 million, TechCrunch repor…
Sources: Google is buying Lytro for about $40M
Last week, Google showed off a new app to display immersive photography in virtual reality, and a multi-camera technique for capturing it, and now it looks like there may be plans to enhance that with some bolted-on technology created by a third party. Multiple sources tell us that Google is acquiring Lytro, the imaging startup that began […]
View More Sources: Google is buying Lytro for about $40MLytro’s ‘living pictures’ cease to live
As part of its move away from consumer gear towards professional cinema hardware, Lytro has killed off the site that once hosted “living pictures,” still photos taken with its cameras that could be refocused after the fact. This will turn a handful of those pictures, where they had been embedded on the web over the past few years, into empty frames. Read More