I loved photography but was frustrated by the limitations of cameras. When trying to take a picture of a friend's young, active daughter using my DSLR, it was impossible to capture the fleeting moments. Ren Ng activecameracapture share on social
With Illum, we're able to start to customize that supply chain in a very deep way... to rethink the entire imaging pipeline. Ren Ng chaincustomizedeep Change image and share on social
It's very difficult to take candid portraits of children because they're moving around all the time. Ren Ng candidchilddifficult Change image and share on social
I was reluctant to start the company that would become Lytro, primarily due to my academic background. Ren Ng academicbackgroundcompany Change image and share on social
The megapixel war in conventional cameras has been a total myth. It's taking us all in the wrong direction. Once a picture goes online, you're throwing away 95 to 98 percent of those pixels. Ren Ng cameraconventionaldirection Change image and share on social
There's something really magical about trying to see things in new ways that go beyond, in some sense, the biological human experience. Light-field photography, too, goes beyond the human experience because our eyes work like conventional cameras. Ren Ng biologicalcameraconventional share on social
The first light-field camera array I saw at Stanford had a bunch of applications, like to do special effects like you see in 'The Matrix,' where you spin the camera around in frozen motion. It took up an entire room. Ren Ng applicationarraybunch share on social
Photography has always been a passion of mine, but I began to study light field photography when I was in the Ph.D. program at Stanford University. Ren Ng beginfieldlight Change image and share on social
The merging of science and art is at the core of what we do. Ren Ng artcoremerge Change image and share on social
