When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works

Home / News / Could the next iPhone have Lytro’s light field camera technology?

Could the next iPhone have Lytro’s light field camera technology?

Can't seem to focus? Don't worry, the next iPhone could render dodgy snaps a thing of the past

An upcoming book called ‘Inside Apple’ by author Adam Lashinsky has revealed that Steve Jobs showed an interest in Lytro’s light field camera technology, 9to5mac reports.

Lytro unveiled the world’s first light field camera in October and made quite a buzz in the techosphere, thanks to its ability to focus on image subjects after a photo had already been taken.

The Apple co-founder met with Lytro’s CEO Ren Ng and requested an email outlining three things the innovative camera company would like to do with Apple, suggesting that there could already be blueprints in the works for an iPhone with Lytro optics built-in.

With a Lytro camcorder also on the table, our gadget senses are tingling at the possibility of a next-gen iPhone with fancy light field technology built in. Join us in dreaming, won’t you?

You may also like

Nokia Lumia 900 coming to the UK?

Nokia Lumia sales estimated at over one million

Sony Ericsson Kumquat ST25i spotted and snapped

Profile image of Dan Grabham Dan Grabham Editor-in-Chief

About

Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

Areas of expertise

Computing, mobile, audio, smart home

Enable referrer and click cookie to search for eefc48a8bf715c1b ad9bf81e74a9d264 [] 2.7.22