I actually own a Lytro camera (I won it at SXSW year before last). Its super fun to play with, but the pictures (at least with the first iteration) are actually pretty low-rez and only useful in limited ways. I've seen a demo with a Lytro image embedded in a normal email (and still able to do the fancy re-location the focal point trick) but the attached file was HUGE. I do know folks who work for Lytro. They still think they have some future tricks people are going to want to play with, but even they seem to agree that the company is more valuable for its patents (which are, as Tim Bray said, drop dead cool).
D On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 8:12 PM, Udhay Shankar N <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 7:50 PM, Venkat Mangudi - Silk > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > This product [1] has been in the news for a while now. How is it? Is it > the > > next best thing to sliced bread as they claim it is? Has anyone tried it > > out? > > Interesting update: > > http://www.talkandroid.com/209501-lytro-to-release-android-powered-camera/ > > <q> > > The technology behind Lytro could even make the jump to smartphones in > the near future. > > </q> > -- > ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com)) > >
