tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19092890.post8298856719015493270..comments2024-03-28T11:30:04.427+02:00Comments on Image Sensors World: Lytro Lays Off, Keeps Being Optimistic about the FutureVladimir Koifmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01800020176563544699noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19092890.post-11891901126514821302013-08-14T19:05:06.927+03:002013-08-14T19:05:06.927+03:00Still waiting for them to come up with a compellin...Still waiting for them to come up with a compelling use for light field sensors in consumer cameras. Until they do, they're limited to the much smaller market for what photographers see as a gimmick product, a toy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19092890.post-22694201722287812112013-08-14T17:10:32.353+03:002013-08-14T17:10:32.353+03:00They could have been ahead in the spending part of...They could have been ahead in the spending part of their projections rather than the income part. ;-)<br /><br />Late February was a month before they got a new CEO, so the RIF could have been a desperate attempt at getting costs down just before the board replaced the former one or the board could have pushed for it before the new guy started so as not to have him be the hatchet man as his first task. Still, 85 people gives them a very high burn rate for a company that is now two years into $50M in funding and that needs to build and sell hardware to be successful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19092890.post-59571264698648223152013-08-14T14:44:30.767+03:002013-08-14T14:44:30.767+03:00It seems a little odd to be ahead of internal proj...It seems a little odd to be ahead of internal projections and doing a layoff simultaneously but perhaps they outsourced something.<br /><br />Hopefully they will get closer to a sweet spot in the market with improved features in the next products. Still, I think they are still unable to say that all those camera companies that passed on licensing several years ago were wrong about the market potential of this technically-interesting technology.<br />Eric R Fossumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09740612324630105312noreply@blogger.com