Lytro

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Lytro was a pioneering technology company known for developing consumer light-field cameras that allowed users to refocus images after they were taken.

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instanceOf consumer electronics company
technology company
acquiredBy Google (talent and some assets)
basedIn California, United States
surface form: California
basedOn Ren Ng PhD research
businessModelChange shift from consumer to professional and VR markets
ceasedOperations 2018
competitor traditional digital camera manufacturers
country United States of America
surface form: United States
firstConsumerCameraRelease 2012
firstProductLaunch 2011
focus consumer photography (early years)
virtual reality and cinematic applications (later years)
foundedBy Ren Ng NERFINISHED
fundingType venture capital
headquartersLocation Mountain View, California NERFINISHED
Silicon Valley NERFINISHED
inception 2006
industry computational photography
light-field imaging
virtual reality technology
innovation capturing full light field information
interactive living pictures
investor Andreessen Horowitz NERFINISHED
Greylock Partners NERFINISHED
New Enterprise Associates NERFINISHED
knownFor consumer light-field cameras
post-capture focus adjustment
professional light-field video systems
refocusable photographs
LytroCinemaAnnouncement 2016
LytroIllumRelease 2014
LytroImmergeAnnouncement 2015
notableProduct Lytro Cinema NERFINISHED
Lytro Illum NERFINISHED
Lytro Immerge NERFINISHED
Lytro light-field camera NERFINISHED
numberOfEmployeesAtPeak approximately 130
originatedFrom research at Stanford University
productType light-field camera
virtual reality camera system
status defunct
technology computational refocusing
light-field imaging
plenoptic camera technology
totalFunding over 200 million US dollars
website https://www.lytro.com

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