Lytro Camera's Technology Inspired by a 5-Year-Old
Tech start-up, Lytro, based in the Silicon Valley announced a new high-tech camera promising a new feature enough to revolutionize the digital camera industry.
Possessing a technology that will allow users to "shoot now and focus later", the new device is drawing attention not only from professional photographers but from people who may benefit from this innovation, which is pretty much, everyone.
Let me give you an example:
Have you requested a passer-by to take pictures of you and your family on a memorable trip before? Were you frustrated when you realized that the pictures were out of focus? Well, with Lytro's new camera the days of such circumstances are over.
Even if the pictures you took were out of focus, Lytro will allow you to re-focus the pictures after you took them using special software. Click the area you wish the picture to be focused on, and the picture will automatically focus. Give it a try here.
It's a sweet idea behind something that has unconsciously annoyed all of us posing to make our lives more comfortable.
But just how did Ren Ng, the CEO and developer of this technology come about with such idea?
According to Mr. Ng (pronounced "ung"), a photography fan and lover, the inspiration came from his close friend's daughter Mei-Ahn.
" I remember trying to take photos of Mei-Ahn, the five-year-old daughter of a close friend, but because she was so full of life, it was nearly impossible to capture the fleeting moments of her smile or perfectly focus the light in her eyes. That experience inspired me to start the research that became my dissertation on light field photography, which had capabilities beyond what I could have ever hoped for. The journey soon accelerated with a full-body plunge into the world of entrepreneurship, with a dream to share this new technology with the world," writes Ren in the company's blog.
A graduate from Stanford University in California, Mr. Ren Ng is now the founder and CEO of Lytro who amassed $50 million from private investors to start the company.
