Lytro: A Camera That Couldn't Care Less About Focus. Remember cameras that would have to focus themselves before taking a snapshot?
And how that could lose vital seconds, making a mockery of the term "point and shoot"? Oh, right — that would describe every digital camera currently on the market. But if one Silicon Valley startup has its way, the very idea of focusing, or adjusting light levels, or having to wait before you click the shutter, will be a relic of the early 21st century — along, perhaps, with photos that only exist in two dimensions.
Lytro is the brainchild of Dr. Ren Ng, a Stanford Ph.D whose dissertation on light-field technology five years ago was showered with awards.
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