Now you can focus on anything while giving up nothing, with simple, cheap optics

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      9 months ago

      Lytro was basically tube of different lenses at different focal points. It was actually kind of a low tech solve.

      This abstract is one of the worst things I’ve ever read. It’s loaded with jargon. That said it looks like they’re trying capture depth by seeing how different light waves bounce off a subject at different angles.

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    9 months ago

    I’m doubtful that anything will ever percolate into generic hardware from this.

    It would be insanely useful though.

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      9 months ago

      The article is predicting that smartphones and movie cameras might adopt this.