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Google’s Project Starline Starts Real-world Testing, Bringing Light-field Video Calls to Enterprise Partners

Google's Project Starline is an experimental system for immersive video chatting that aims to close the distance between people without needing an AR or VR headset. At Google's annual Cloud Next conference, the company announced it's rolling out the...

CREAL Raises $7.2 Million to Bring its Light-field Display to AR Glasses

Switzerland-based CREAL is developing a light-field display which it hopes to bring to VR headsets and eventually AR glasses. In November the company raised CHF 6.5 million (~$7.2 million) in a Series A+ investment round to bring on new...

Sony Unveils ‘Spatial Reality Display’ with Eye-tracking for Glasses-free 3D Viewing

Sony recently unveiled Spatial Reality Display, a 15.6-inch 4K panel that includes both eye-tracking and embedded lenticular lens array so users can view 3D content with the naked eye. In contrast to the $3,000 Looking Glass Holographic Monitor, which is...

CREAL Picks up $7.4 Million in Funding for Its Light-field Tech

When we caught up with CREAL and its light-field tech at CES 2020 this week, the founders also filled us in on the latest happenings with the company, including the closure of a recent funding round which, between investments...

Hands-on: CREAL is Shrinking Its Light-field Display for AR & VR Headsets

Switzerland-based CREAL is developing a light-field display which it believes will fit into VR headsets and eventually AR glasses. An earlier tech demo showed impressive fundamentals, and this week at CES 2020 the company revealed its progress toward shrinking...

Founded by CERN Engineers, CREAL3D’s Light-field Display is the Real Deal

Co-founded by former CERN engineers who contributed to the ATLAS project at the Large Hadron Collider, CREAL3D is a Switzerland-based startup that's created an impressive light-field display that's unlike anything in an AR or VR headset on the market...

Lytro Website Goes to Life Support Mode as Company Winds Down After Google Acquisition

Lytro, the company that pivoted to enterprise-focused applications of its light-field technology after leaving its commercial camera business, is shutting down after a reported $40M acquisition by Google. Now the company is apparently winding down its business by reducing...

Google’s ‘Welcome to Light Fields’ VR App Reveals the Power of Volumetric Capture

Google has released a free app for PC VR headsets called Welcome to Light Fields. The company says the app serves as a showcase of "the emerging technology Google is using to power its next generation of VR content." When it...

The Future of Virtual Lightfields with Otoy CEO Jules Urbach

Otoy is a rendering company that pushing the limits of digital light fields and physically-based rendering. Now that Otoy's Octane Renderer has shipped in Unity, they're pivoting from focusing on licensing their rendering engine to selling cloud computing resources...

Lytro Picks up Limitless Team to Build Tools to Work With Light-fields in Game Engines

Limitless, a company developing content and tools for creating cinematic VR experiences, has joined Lytro to build out tools for combining light-fields and real-time rendering directly in game engines. As we noted recently, Lytro is positioning its light-field tech as...

Lytro is Positioning Its Light Field Tech as VR’s Master Capture Format

Lytro, a leading light-field company, is positioning its light-field capture and playback technology as the ideal format for immersive content. The company is building a toolset for capturing, rendering, and intermingling both synthetic and live-action light-field experiences which can...

Lytro Announces VR Light Field Rendering Software ‘Volume Tracer’

Lytro, the once consumer-facing light field camera company which has recently pivoted to create high-end production tools, has announced a light field rendering software for VR that essentially aims to free developers from the current limitations of real-time rendering. The company...
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Avegant Claims Newly Announced Display Tech is “a new method to create light fields”

Avegant, makers of Glyph personal media HMD, are turning their attention to the AR space with what they say is a newly developed light field display for augmented reality which can display multiple objects at different focal planes simultaneously. Most...

Lytro Gets $60M More for Light Field VR Capture, First Content Coming in Q2

Lytro have announced another hefty wedge of funding, with a $60 million series D round led by Blue Pool. What's more, they've formed a content partnership Within, and the first 360 degree 3D light field content is now set...
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