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Light field lens arrays remind many of the compound eyes of insects.
VIDEO: 1 min. 15 sec. – Plenoptic lens from the insect vision project at the University of Adelaide, Australia.
Plenoptic photography was impractical without fast algorithms and processing units.
Until about 2004, photography using light fields was possible but impractical.
Marc Levoy and Jonathan Shade, Michelangelo light field project, 1999
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What technology has made light field photography more practical?
Requirement #1: A plenoptic camera
Requirement #2: A system to compile the data
Requirement #3. A way to process the compiled data quickly
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In a 2010 “Future of Photoshop” demonstration, Adobe unveiled its light field algorithm using the Nvidia Graphics Processing Unit, processing at 120 Hz.
VIDEO 5 min. 28 sec. – Adobe’s 2010 Future of Photoshop demonstration of its light field photography algorithm
VIDEO 11 min. 12 sec. – full version of photoshop demo, above
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Not sure about the science behind light fields? Watch this.
VIDEO 21 min. 20 sec. Gordon Wetzstein, Computational Imaging Group at Stanford, explains the use of computational light field displays
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How did one former Stanford student explain the theory of light field photography in 2006?
VIDEO 2 min. 25 sec. (Audio and diagramming starts at 41 seconds.)
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The first commercially available plenoptic camera was the Lytro, in 2012.
VIDEO 2 min. 9 sec. – “Instant Egghead” reviewed light field camera basics in 2012.
VIDEO 2 min. 32 sec. – “Lytro light field camera announced for UK” – CNet demonstrated operation of the Lytro plenoptic camera in 2013.
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Has light field technology ushered in a new era of photography?
VIDEO 16 min. 56 sec., TED Talk by Ren Ng, the founder and CEO of Lytro.
Lytro founder Ren Ng’s TED Talk harkens back to Wetzstein’s mention of 3-D uses of light field technology.
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Artistic manipulation of light field images is enabled by Adobe Photoshop.
VIDEO 9 min. 17 sec. – Adobe demonstrates editing of a light field computational photography image using an onscreen wand.
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VIDEO 2 min. 35 sec. What is the concept behind Magic Leap?
Light field technology may improve Virtual Reality experiences.
Real-Life Illness in a Virtual World
Remember our promise to clarify whether the compound eye of an insect could focus?
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Is an insect’s compound eye similar to a light field lens?
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Light Field Photography and Microscopy – 2010, by Mark Levoy
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