Lytro Debuts New File Format, Partners With 500px

Lytro's cameras first entered the spotlight because they enabled users to change the focus of images after they were already shot.

But one obstacle holding the light-field platform back — other than expensive hardware — is that the greater photography ecosystem isn't equipped to handle Lytro's "living pictures," which use a file type not widely supported on the web. But that's about to change

The company is altering the way it stores images, which will now use a new open-file format that applies the WebGL standard for 3D graphics, according to Recode. Read more...