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Originally Posted by rowan
Apparently the tech isn't new, it's that it's being minaturised and released as a consumer item that is.  |
The physics and math I'm sure has been around for a while. Actually taking that and putting it into a small hand held camera that works is a huge leap that they seem to have figured out. If you want to get your geek on you can read the CEO's thesis he did on digital light field photography at Stanford back in 2006 -
http://www.lytro.com/renng-thesis.pdf