Stanford researchers are developing a digital image sensor equipped with 12,616 lenses to generate 3-D images
By Matt Ransford
Posted 03.21.2008 at 1:11 pm

Multiple Cameras, One Chip: The testing platform for the multi-aperture image sensor. Photo by L.A. Cicero/Stanford University
Last year, we reported on the
Adobe light-field camera, a prototype device with 19 lenses which captures 19 versions of the same image at different focal lengths. The associated software then lets the user choose which parts of the resulting photograph should be in focus, which can produce a virtually 3D image. We also briefly mentioned a project at Stanford University which is experimenting with their own multi-lensed device.
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