Google may acquire light-field camera maker Lytro for $40M
Last week, Google released it's "Welcome to Light Fields" VR desktop app. It required a VR headset, like the HTC Vive for example, and showed the power of light-field pictures. The app allowed you to explore various locations by immersing you in what are actually photos, captured with Google's Jump VR rig – 16 cameras, attached on an arc, which take photos in all directions to allow for better VR experience. What's unique about the app, it showed how light bounces off various surfaces, which hasn't been done with such accuracy in a VR game or app up to date.
Lytro's acquisition may help Google immensely in their VR endeavors. Lytro has already produced a high-end VR camera, called Immerge, which allowed you to shoot VR videos. It's only a matter of time until we find out what else is Lytro capable of and, fingers crossed, we hope we will see some of it in the upcoming Google Pixel 3.
source: TechCrunch
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