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Last week on HN: "Sources: Google is buying Lytro for about $40M" (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16635676 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16635676)
by helb 9y ago
Last week on HN: "Sources: Google is buying Lytro for about $40M" (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16635676 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16635676)
- tunnuz 9y agoYeah, is that what happened?
- kornish 9y agoYes.
- erric 9y agoSo Google didn’t buy them? This always struck me as a tech Apple would want in their phones, at 4MB though, apparently not. Also for a very large company, $40 million isn’t a lot.
- ipsum2 9y agoIt was a acquihire. Buy the talent, kill the company.
- sleepybrett 9y agoThe reports I heard is 'buy 30% of the talent'
- lttlrck 9y agoSince iOS 11 depth data is exposed in portrait photos allowing the focus point to be altered. It’s very effective. You need an app though because it’s not possible in the Photos app (yet?) e.g. Focos https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/focos/id1274938524?mt=8 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/focos/id1274938524?mt=8
- rounce 9y agoApple bought PrimeSense - the company that owned the depth camera technology used in MS' Kinect - in 2013. I wouldn't be surprised if the iPhone uses a descendant of the Kinect.
- phoe-krk 9y agoMandatory https://ourincrediblejourney.tumblr.com/ https://ourincrediblejourney.tumblr.com/ link.