Is this even possible?! (Wired's story)

[Lyle_Aspinall]

Wired Magazine also has an article on the new light-field camera reported on the main page to the Galbraith site:

http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,69594,00.html?tw=rss.TOP

[Walter_Rowe]

I don't think any of the samples images they show with the story are in sharp focus. I find it hard to believe, but since it is just pixels in an array, perhaps there is a way mathematically to do this.

[Frank_Knight]

The theory is simple, however, I strongly believe pixels organization method is very complcated…this means, computer processing time is critical.

[Peter_Headland]

It's a similar idea to holograms. If you looked at the raw image file, it would look like garbage; you have to decode it to make a picture. What they don't mention is that it needs a 16MP camera but you only get a 1MP image (those numbers may not be exact, but you get the idea). TANSTAAFL