Lytro’s Immerge VR demo shows the promise of lightfield video

An astronaut steps out from the lunar lander in front of me, beginning the familiar “one small step for man” line before a voice shouts “cut!” from behind me. The lights cut on and the scene opens up to a full studio — I’m on the set of the famed urban legend of Kubrick faking the lunar landing. At first glance it appears to be fairly similar to any 360 video — something that some would argue may not even really be “VR.”

But this video has one key difference: I can lean in around the scene. I’m witnessing one of the first ever videos to come out of Lytro’s upcoming Immerge lightfield camera.