Lytro is the “light field” camera that enables the photographer to adjust focus long after the image was captured. This means changing the depth of field after, not before, taking the picture.
Watching this demonstration video of Lytro’s perspective shift capability, it is a small step to using this to create stereoscopic-like 3D images from an individual Lytro photo:
Check this out:
the RMIT3DV project involved the creation of a library of uncompressed stereoscopic 3D HD video available to anyone via a free download under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.
Funny, I was just thinking of a crazy consumer product where something like this could be put to use (but not saying what that is!):
The world’s first wearable wireless 3D body motion tracking system based on consumer-grade MEMS combo sensors will be on display at Electronica 2012 in Munich, Germany.
via Wearable Wireless 3D Body Motion Tracking | News | Product Design & Development.
At the bottom – huge growth is predicted in the market for “wearable wireless devices in sports and healthcare”.
