Lytro, which had raised more than $200m from investors including Qualcomm, Foxconn and Huayi Brothers, has closed.

Lytro, the US-based light-field camera developer backed by semiconductor maker Qualcomm, electronics manufacturer Foxconn and entertainment group Huayi Brothers, has shut down, it has confirmed in a blog post.

Founded in 2006 as Refocus Imaging, Lytro had developed a light-field camera that uses an array of microsensors to simultaneously capture all elements of light, colour and intensity in an image, allowing photographs to be refocused or expanded to 3D after they are taken.

The company had raised more than $200m…

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