Reflectance paper displays photographs in a new light

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Recently the public has become aware of the potential of light field photography through the introduction of the Lytro camera. Light field recording allows an enormous degree of post-processing, letting you create just the image you want to print and display. A print, however, expresses only one aspect, no matter how carefully chosen, of the recorded light field. Can light field information be somehow encoded into a print, so an object can be examined from this side and that, or with different lighting conditions? A team of researchers at the University of California at Santa Cruz, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, and 3M have made the first steps toward a positive answer by developing reflectance paper. .. Continue Reading Reflectance paper displays photographs in a new light

Section: Digital Cameras

Tags: 3M, Hewlett-Packard, Light field, Lighting, Photography, University of California

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