14 DAY TRIAL // Owners of the Lytro light field camera will be glad to learn that sharing images taken with the tube-shaped photo capture device has become easier, at least for people owning an iPhone.
This is because file syncing between the company's desktop app for Mac and PC is no longer essential, thanks to the debut of a new app.
Said app is installed on the iPhone and finally gives that Wi-Fi chip included in the Lytro camera something to do.
Up to now, the camera was unable to tap into any wireless networks of its own, and couldn't respond when other devices did it instead either.
Now, though, iPhones with the app running will be able to check camera credentials and allow the Lytro to act as its own Wi-Fi hotspot.
The shots can even be previewed before choosing which to upload to Lytro's servers, Twitter, Facebook or other social networking sites.
What's more, the camera helps even those who don't own a Lytro at all, because it allows one to browse shared content from other users.
Recently, uploaded light field images are especially easy to gaze upon, even more so than on the Lytro website.
Furthermore, Lytro Mobile, as the app is called, can output GIFs of the pictures, showing either the dynamic depth of field capabilities or the perspective shift.
For those who have no idea what we are talking about, Lytro is called a light field camera because it captures all the light at every point in space.
Among other things, this allows the pictures to be refocused even after they were taken.
No word yet on an Android app, sadly. The Verge has even asked Lytro about it, and it was told that it might come true at some point. What we can gather from that is that Lytro Android app probably won't be a thing of the near future.