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Company Fact Sheet About Lytro Lytro is building the world’s most powerful Light Field imaging platform enabling artists, scientists and product developers to pursue their goals with an unprecedented level of freedom and control. This revolutionary technology will unlock new opportunities for photography, cinematography, mixed reality, scientific and industrial applications. 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 2012, Lytro released its first generation imaging platform featuring the world’s initial consumer Light Field camera. In 2014, the second-generation imaging platform was released featuring the Lytro ILLUM, Lytro Desktop, Lytro iOS Mobile Application and the Lytro Development Kit, empowering organizations beyond the domain of photography to harness the full potential of Light Field. In 2015, Lytro announced its expansion into cinematography, virtual reality, and scientific and industrial applications, positioning itself as the hub of a new technology ecosystem that extends the transformational power of Light Field imaging across industries. The company also released significant updates for Lytro ILLUM and Lytro Power Tools, giving users direct access to explore Light Field via its existing products – an unprecedented move for a computational imaging company. Based in Mountain View, CA, Lytro is backed by top-tier VCs including Andreessen-Horowitz, Greylock Partners and NEA and has built a world-class team and dynamic culture centered on innovation and collaboration. Light Field Technology The light field is a core concept in imaging science that has been extensively researched for more than a century in academic environments. The light field is defined as all of the light traveling in every direction through a scene, from the foreground to the background and everywhere in between. The capture of light field images yields rich, three dimensional data that can be analyzed and manipulated through software algorithms to create results like never before. Historically, light field cameras involved a roomful of hundreds of cameras tethered to a series of computers in a lab. Dr. Ng and the Lytro team have dedicated many years of research to bring this technology out of the lab. Lytro combines its propriety multi micro lens array with breakthrough computational imaging to make light field technology accessible to everyone.
Our Board Jason Rosenthal, President and Chief Executive Officer, Lytro Dr. Ren Ng, Founder, Lytro Ben Horowitz, Andreessen Horowitz Dr. Greg Papadopoulos, NEA Ric Fulop, North Bridge Venture Partners Mark Flynn, GSV Capital Rick Osterloh, Motorola Mobility LLC Our Team Lytro has assembled a world-class team of employees with expertise in light field technology, computational photography, computer graphics, consumer product design, manufacturing, marketing and distribution. The management team includes: Jason Rosenthal, President and Chief Executive Officer Dr. Kurt Akeley, Chief Technology Officer Mariana Antcheva, General Counsel Ariel Braunstein, Chief Product Officer Omer Cohen, Chief Operating Officer Jim Migdal, Vice President, Business Development Contact Lytro Lytro, Inc. 1300 Terra Bella Avenue, Suite 100 Mountain View, CA 94043 Office: 650.316.8888 Fax: 650.227.2251 www.lytro.com Press Inquires [email protected]
Our Board Jason Rosenthal, President and Chief Executive Officer, Lytro Dr. Ren Ng, Founder, Lytro Ben Horowitz, Andreessen Horowitz Dr. Greg Papadopoulos, NEA Ric Fulop, North Bridge Venture Partners Mark Flynn, GSV Capital Rick Osterloh, Motorola Mobility LLC Our Team Lytro has assembled a world-class team of employees with expertise in light field technology, computational photography, computer graphics, consumer product design, manufacturing, marketing and distribution. The management team includes: Jason Rosenthal, President and Chief Executive Officer Dr. Kurt Akeley, Chief Technology Officer Mariana Antcheva, General Counsel Ariel Braunstein, Chief Product Officer Omer Cohen, Chief Operating Officer Jim Migdal, Vice President, Business Development Contact Lytro Lytro, Inc. 1300 Terra Bella Avenue, Suite 100 Mountain View, CA 94043 Office: 650.316.8888 Fax: 650.227.2251 www.lytro.com Press Inquires [email protected]
