---
title: "Lytro’s Light Field Cameras Can Produce 3D VR Video"
description: "Light field cameras -- also known as plenoptic cameras -- are an exciting technology that allow photographers to refocus images after they've been taken."
date: "2015-07-21"
modified: "2015-08-13"
authors:
  - name: "Kif Leswing"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/kif_leswing"
url: "https://futurism.com/lytros-light-field-cameras-can-produce-3d-vr-video"
categories:
  - "Future Society"
  - "Virtual Reality"
tags:
  - "virtual reality"
---

# Lytro’s Light Field Cameras Can Produce 3D VR Video

![](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/11741092_1051815838169531_5843259453689678314_o.jpg>)

- Turns out, the same technology can be used to create 3D videos and animations that work with virtual reality headsets like Google Cardboard.
- Users of the $1299.99 Lytro Illum can export VR video in a new update.
- Turns out, the way light field cameras use an array of micro-lenses is not too different from the arrays of GoPros currently used to make 360-degree video.