Its first demonstration short will be presented this week at the On the Lot confab.![](https://i0.wp.com/cdn5.thr.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale_crop_768_433/2017/10/one_morning_still_-_publicity_-_h_2017.jpg?resize=735%2C414)
Lytro, the Silicon Valley-based company that’s developing light-field based technology for Hollywood, is launching a new tool for the animation community to use to create virtual reality and other immersive experiences.
Describing it as a “virtual version of our physical cameras,” Lytro Cinema general manager Buzz Hays said the new Lytro Volume Tracer is light-field technology-based software designed to help animators get a quality level and realism closer to that of high-end animated features, but with near real-time rendering, bringing it more in line with the capabilities offered in a game engine.
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