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In the upcoming Inside Apple book by Adam Lashinsky, it's revealed that Steve Jobs had expressed interest and subsequently met with the CEO of Lytro, the makers the first light field camera.



From MacRumors:
The relevant book quote posted by 9to5Mac states:The company?s CEO, Ren Ng, a brilliant computer scientist with a PhD from Stanford, immediately called Jobs, who picked up the phone and quickly said, ?if you?re free this afternoon maybe we would could get together.? Ng, who is thirty-two, hurried to Palo Alto, showed Jobs a demo of Lytro?s technology, discussed cameras and product design with him, and, at Jobs?s request, agreed to send him an email outlining three things he?d like Lytro to do with Apple.Lytro received a lot of press last year when the first of its light field cameras went on sale in October. The product even received Popular Science's 2011 Innovation of the Year.
  Steve Jobs Met with Light Field Camera (Lytro) Company's CEO