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Lytro, Inc.

Developer of Light Field Imaging Platform Technologies

Lytro was founded in 2006 by Executive Chairman Ren Ng, whose Ph.D. research on light field imaging won Stanford University’s prize for best thesis in computer science in 2006 as well as the internationally recognized ACM Dissertation award. In 2012, Lytro released its first generation imaging platform featuring the world’s first consumer Light Field Camera. In 2014, we released the second generation imaging platform with Lytro ILLUM, Lytro Desktop and Lytro iOS Mobile Application. Under the leadership of Jason Rosenthal, Lytro pivoted from mass-market versions of its cameras to high-end pro versions and finally to very expensive 360-degree virtual reality versions aimed at rentals by movie studios. The company was sold to Google in 2018.