LYTRO meltdownNews from this webhttp://lytro.miloush.net/Images/IceCube.pnghttp://lytro.miloush.net/2018-11-22T12:58:34+00:00Jan Kučeralytro:12Lytro API replacement service2018-11-22T12:58:34+00:00
An API replacement service up for those who need to update their camera firmware.
lytro:11Tools for developers in the archives2018-07-06T20:05:45+00:00
Lytro Power Tools and Illum open source firmware added to the archives.
lytro:10Firmware available in the archives2015-07-26T00:13:10+00:00
Both first generation and Lytro Illum firmware images have been added to the archives.
lytro:9When will be Lytro Illum supported?2014-11-22T16:07:10+00:00
This year has been really busy and exciting for me. I have finished my master studies at Charles University in Prague and moved to UK, where I have started a four year PhD in Digital Civics. In between I managed to publish a paper on Tamil Internet conference and I am also looking to further engage in the development of .NET Micro Framework and .NET Gadgeteer.
When I was finishing my degree, Lytro released the new Illum camera and Lytro Desktop 4.0, which substantially changed file formats of the light field pictures for both Illum and the first generation camera. Unfortunately, the Illum camera is out of my student’s budget, so all I can work with are the pictures provided by other users.
This automatically rules out any Illum support for the communicator. However, even the library and viewer requires significant amount of work of redesigning the architecture, supporting JSON schemas, new picture types and implementing an OpenEXR decoder. While this is the plan for next version, due to my first year of studies and other commitments, this isn’t going to happen at least until spring 2015.
Thanks everybody for their support and patience.
lytro:83D mesh in the viewer 3.0, accessors, user manuals2014-08-01T16:04:10+02:00
The web was updated with software versions released with my master thesis. This includes some major updates.
For the viewer, it's the 3D mesh view from depth maps, supporting demodulation if calibration data are available, and I am pretty sure everybody hated the previous zoom & scroll capabilities which were significantly improved. The demosaicing algorithm was changed and couple of bugs fixed. The viewer (as well as the communicator) now comes with an user manual.
For the library, accessors were added that simplify access to well-known components in light field packages, so you don't have to do any metadata parsing yourself. Dedicated classes and respective methods were added to easily access sub-aperture and individual microlens images.
The patent list was updated and links to a set of raw images by Dansereau et al. added. Also the one that shipped with Lytro Desktop 2.0, which is actually a rare one, taken by pre-release Lytro camera. If you are lucky enough to have the Lytro Illum camera, please share an image or two!
lytro:7New raw field views in the viewer 2.02014-03-23T23:16:10+01:00The wave of major updates finishes with a new release of the viewer. It now renders sub-aperture, epipolar and raw squared views that can also be exported. The sub-aperture images can be laid each over other to achieve subtle refocus effect. The precision improvements and usage of all microlenses should lead to noticeably better previews. Overall stability, especially when dealing with invalid files, was also improved. This comes with a small update to the communicator as well, allowing you to generate LFP files from the camera over Wi-Fi, so you no longer need to connect it over USB to get your pictures. Links to the LightField Forum and camera disassembly added.lytro:6Press shutter over Wi-Fi!2014-03-13T22:45:10+01:00The communicator (as well as the library) now have the ability to remotely trigger camera's shutter. Rather negligible update, but a big feature.lytro:5The communicator + major library update2014-03-08T14:32:10+01:00A completely new application — the communicator — is now available for download. It demonstrates the features of a new library release, which adds networking capabilities. Also, couple of new examples were added to the site, including YUY2 decoding, networking and subaperture rendering. And as a small bonus, two raw Lytro pictures are now available on the resources page.lytro:4First set of wifi commands published2014-02-15T17:41:10+01:00Some of the wifi commands were added to the protocols site. Now you can download files from your camera!lytro:3List of public raw pictures2014-02-14T18:27:10+01:00For those looking for raw LFP files, I have added a list of public available data I was able to find around. I am interested too, so in case anybody is willing to support my research by sharing their file, please upload it to the viewer page or send a link.lytro:2Lytro Desktop archive opened2014-02-07T17:03:10+01:00Ever needed an older version of software? All released versions of the Lytro Desktop are now available on the LYTRO™ meltdown site.lytro:1Protocols, database and this feed2014-01-26T18:47:10+01:00In case anybody interested, I started documenting the Wi-Fi protocol. Also the database description was updated to the current version. The camera page was updated a bit, some links fixed and this feed created to keep you updated. Welcome!lytro:0Lytro Compatible Viewer 1.1.0.02014-01-04T17:32:45+01:00A major update of the Lytro Compatible Viewer was released. The most noteworthy additions are editing capabilities for the light field packages including drag and drop support of the components and cross-eye view for prerendered perspective shift files. The changelogs for library and viewer were split into separate pages, and example code for decoding H.264 frames with the viewer published. Previous versions of the viewer were made available for download.