Lytro
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Lytro was a pioneering technology company known for developing consumer light-field cameras that allowed users to refocus images after they were taken.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lytro canonical | 1 |
| Lytro Cinema | 1 |
| Lytro Illum | 1 |
| Lytro Immerge | 1 |
| Lytro light-field camera | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5167067 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lytro Context triple: [Kurt Akeley, employer, Lytro]
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A.
Aperture
Aperture was Apple’s professional photo editing and management application for macOS, aimed at photographers needing advanced workflow and image processing tools.
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B.
EPIC camera
The EPIC camera is a NASA Earth-observing instrument aboard the Deep Space Climate Observatory that continuously images the sunlit side of Earth from the L1 Lagrange point to monitor atmospheric and surface conditions.
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C.
Cyber-shot
Cyber-shot is Sony's line of compact digital still cameras known for their portability, advanced imaging features, and consumer-friendly design.
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D.
The Camera
The Camera is a seminal photography book by Ansel Adams that explores the technical and artistic use of cameras in creating expressive photographs.
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E.
Point Grey
Point Grey is a prominent headland and residential neighborhood on Vancouver’s west side, known for its coastal bluffs, beaches, and views over English Bay and the Strait of Georgia.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lytro Target entity description: Lytro was a pioneering technology company known for developing consumer light-field cameras that allowed users to refocus images after they were taken.
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A.
Aperture
Aperture was Apple’s professional photo editing and management application for macOS, aimed at photographers needing advanced workflow and image processing tools.
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B.
EPIC camera
The EPIC camera is a NASA Earth-observing instrument aboard the Deep Space Climate Observatory that continuously images the sunlit side of Earth from the L1 Lagrange point to monitor atmospheric and surface conditions.
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C.
Cyber-shot
Cyber-shot is Sony's line of compact digital still cameras known for their portability, advanced imaging features, and consumer-friendly design.
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D.
The Camera
The Camera is a seminal photography book by Ansel Adams that explores the technical and artistic use of cameras in creating expressive photographs.
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E.
Point Grey
Point Grey is a prominent headland and residential neighborhood on Vancouver’s west side, known for its coastal bluffs, beaches, and views over English Bay and the Strait of Georgia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
consumer electronics company
ⓘ
technology company ⓘ |
| acquiredBy | Google (talent and some assets) ⓘ |
| basedIn |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
|
| basedOn | Ren Ng PhD research ⓘ |
| businessModelChange | shift from consumer to professional and VR markets ⓘ |
| ceasedOperations | 2018 ⓘ |
| competitor | traditional digital camera manufacturers ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| firstConsumerCameraRelease | 2012 ⓘ |
| firstProductLaunch | 2011 ⓘ |
| focus |
consumer photography (early years)
ⓘ
virtual reality and cinematic applications (later years) ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Ren Ng ⓘ |
| fundingType | venture capital ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Mountain View, California
ⓘ
linked to:
Mountain View, California, United States
Silicon Valley ⓘ |
| inception | 2006 ⓘ |
| industry |
computational photography
ⓘ
light-field imaging ⓘ virtual reality technology ⓘ |
| innovation |
capturing full light field information
ⓘ
interactive living pictures ⓘ |
| investor |
Andreessen Horowitz
ⓘ
Greylock Partners ⓘ New Enterprise Associates ⓘ |
| knownFor |
consumer light-field cameras
ⓘ
post-capture focus adjustment ⓘ professional light-field video systems ⓘ refocusable photographs ⓘ |
| LytroCinemaAnnouncement | 2016 ⓘ |
| LytroIllumRelease | 2014 ⓘ |
| LytroImmergeAnnouncement | 2015 ⓘ |
| notableProduct |
Lytro Cinema
ⓘ
linked to:
Lytro
Lytro Illum ⓘ
linked to:
Lytro
Lytro Immerge ⓘ
linked to:
Lytro
Lytro light-field camera ⓘ
linked to:
Lytro
|
| numberOfEmployeesAtPeak | approximately 130 ⓘ |
| originatedFrom | research at Stanford University ⓘ |
| productType |
light-field camera
ⓘ
virtual reality camera system ⓘ |
| status | defunct ⓘ |
| technology |
computational refocusing
ⓘ
light-field imaging ⓘ plenoptic camera technology ⓘ |
| totalFunding | over 200 million US dollars ⓘ |
| website | https://www.lytro.com ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Lytro Description of subject: Lytro was a pioneering technology company known for developing consumer light-field cameras that allowed users to refocus images after they were taken.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Lytro
linked to: Lytro
linked to: Lytro
linked to: Lytro