After wisely (IMHO) pivoting away from consumer imaging (where the only time most people want to refocus an image is if they’ve screwed up), Lytro is breaking out the big guns with a multi-$100k capture device, the Immerge:

Lytro Immerge is the world’s first professional Light Field solution for cinematic VR, providing lifelike presence for live action VR through Six Degrees of Freedom. It is built from the ground up to seamlessly blend live action and computer graphics (CG) using Light Field data. With configurable capture and playback solutions, it supports a range of new immersive storytelling needs.

Engadget explains,

Basically, think of this giant sphere as a large VR sensor. There are five different layers, and each layer is packed with a ring of 360-degree cameras and sensors. “One of the layers represents somewhere between three and four times the data and resolution of any VR camera that exists today”… [This] allows for accurate horizontal and vertical parallax, which is needed to realistically incorporate CGI elements in the video and have them appear as part of the natural environment.

I can’t wait to see & navigate what it captures.

[Vimeo]