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Lytro, Inc. is an American company founded in 2006 by American Ren Ng which develops Light-field cameras.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.lytro.com/lytro_company_factsheet.pdf )〕〔(A Start-Up's Camera Lets You Take Shots First and Focus Later ) Steve Lohr, New York Times, 2011 June 21〕 Lytro began shipping its first generation pocket-sized camera, capable of refocusing images after being taken, in 8 GB and 16 GB versions on February 29, 2012. 〔Andrew Couts, Digital Trends. "(Lytro: The camera that could change photography forever )." June 22, 2011. Retrieved July 21, 2011.〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Lytro announces Light Field Camera )〕〔(Inside the Lytro ) by FRANK O’CONNELL, Business Day, New York Times, 2012 March 1〕〔Diana Samuels, Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal. "(Lytro ships first cameras to lucky customers )." Feb 29, 2012. Retrieved Apr 25, 2012.〕 In April 2014, the company announced Lytro ILLUM, its second generation camera for commercial and experimental photographers.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://in.reuters.com/article/2014/04/23/us-lytro-camera-idINKBN0D903A20140423 )〕 The Lytro ILLUM was released at $1,600.〔By Heather Kylle, CNN."(/ Lytro refocuses with a new $1,600 camera )."April 22, 2014. Retrieved May 9, 2014.〕 The ILLUM has a permanently attached 30–250mm (35mm equivalent) 2.0 lens and an articulated rear screen. In the fall of 2015, Lytro changed direction, announcing Immerge, a very-high-end VR video capture camera with companion custom compute server. Immerge is expected to ship in 2016, and be useful to studios trying to combine CGI-based VR with video VR. == History == While he was a researcher at Stanford, Ren Ng was photographing a friend's daughter and noticed, "it was incredibly difficult to focus the image properly and capture her fleeting smile in just the right way". After completing his Ph.D, Ng decided to use his experience in light field research to "start a company that would produce light-field cameras that everyone could enjoy."〔 The company was originally named Refocus Imaging, before launching as Lytro. Lytro board members include Ben Horowitz, general partner at Andreessen Horowitz; Patrick Chung, partner at NEA; and TiVo cofounder Mike Ramsay, with Charles Chi of Greylock Partners serving as Executive Chairman.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.lytro.com/team/charles_chi )〕 Advisors include Intuit cofounder Scott Cook, VMware cofounder Diane Greene, Dolby Labs chairman Peter Gotcher and Sling Media cofounder Blake Krikorian.〔 Lytro founder Ng was Lytro's first CEO. Lytro’s Chief Technology Officer Kurt Akeley was a founding member of Silicon Graphics.〔 In June 2012 Ren Ng announced that he would be changing roles and be Lytro's Executive Chairman focused on innovation. Charles Chi would change from Executive Chairman to interim CEO while Lytro's board begins looking for a new CEO. In June 2011, Apple CEO Steve Jobs purportedly met with Lytro CEO Ren Ng to discuss improvements for the iPhone camera.〔Lance Whitney, CNET. "(Steve Jobs wanted to reinvent iPhone photography, says book )." January 24, 2012. Retrieved January 24, 2012.〕 Although not a true light field camera, the HTC One (M8) mobile phone released in April 2014 mimics Lytro's depth-sensing functionality through the use of a second camera and stereoscopic post processing.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.stuff.tv/htc/htc-one-2-m8-dual-rear-cameras-confirmed/news )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lytro」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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