Neowin News Feed for: Lytro

Google is not purchasing Lytro, the firm is instead closing down

Timi Cantisano — Tue, 27 Mar 2018 20:42:01 +0000

A little over a decade of being in business, Lytro is going to be closing its doors. The firm has announced in a blog post that it is winding down its operations. Some of the team will head to Google. Read more...

Google rumoured to acquire Lytro for $40M

Sharath Ravishankar — Wed, 21 Mar 2018 11:40:01 +0000

Google is reportedly looking into acquiring Lytro, which was initially known for making a camera that allowed one to bring an image into focus after capturing it. The company now speacializes in VR. Read more...

The point and shoot is back with 16 lenses: startup Light wants to make the DSLR obsolete

John Devon — Thu, 08 Oct 2015 08:18:01 +0000

Running Android, the new camera has 16 sensors and lenses working together to assemble the ideal image, with after-the-fact focusing. Read more...

Nokia invests in Pelican Imaging, hopes to bring further innovation to smartphone cameras

Vlad Dudau — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 07:57:10 +0000

Nokia will invest in California based imaging start-up Pelican Imaging. The company deals with camera array-type software and Nokia hopes this will bring further innovation to smartphone cameras. Read more...

Lytro camera finally releases Windows client

John Callaham — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 18:54:44 +0000

The team behind the Lytro light field camera has finally released a desktop application client for Windows PCs, although it is limited to Windows 7 64-bit versions. Read more...