Canon is Making Metalenses, Further Legitimizing the Technology

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• JehovahJoe@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  The goal of a metalens would be to, eventually, wholly eliminate the smartphone camera bump.

  They’ll do anything to avoid giving us a slightly thicker battery…

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  • BearOfaTime@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Right? Why not increase battery thickness, then no more camera bump!

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    • frezik@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Reviewers then write “it’s got great battery life, but it’s so bulky” and take a star off. It’s possible nobody actually cares, or that most people think extra battery life is worth the bulkiness. But that’s what reviewers will write.

      See also: laptop bezels. Reviewers say you’re supposed to want the thinnest one possible. Problem is, web cams tend to be better if they can be bigger, and there isn’t enough room in those thin bezels for a good one. Thus, your laptop web cam looks substantially worse than your smartphone.

      Reviewers need to think harder about what they emphasize.

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    • pahlimur@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      My previous phone was a motoG power and though it was bulky and a bit laggy the battery life was amazing. It’s I think 3 years old now and I still use it in airplane mode for reasons. The battery lasts 3 weeks when I don’t touch it. Compare that the s22 I’m typing this on which barely lasts 1 day in standby with batter saver enabled. I hate this phone after having that sweet multi day battery life.

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  • Redjard@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Fuck smartphones, I wanna finally have glasses that are thin, light, and without distortions, reflections, or chromatic aberration

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    • mild_deviation@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      And have a bigger sweet spot.

      Same for VR headset optics.

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  • Salamendacious@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I’d take a thicker battery any day of the week.

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• Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  “Oddly, Canon declined to provide PetaPixel with detailed information about its metalens technology and also chose not to provide any photos of its tech” Oddly a megatech corporation elected to keep a tight grip on its early IP? 🤔

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• kevinbacon@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Nah, used to get these in the bottom of a packet of chips with a pokemon on em.

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  • MortyMcFry@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Tazos

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• TryingToEscapeTarkov@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I wonder when companies are going to shift from making stupid stuff we don’t need like this and start working on things to clean up the environment they destroyed making things for the last 40 years.

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  • surewhynotlem@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Why would they?

    I’m not being trite, I’m being serious. If they’re not given a reason to do so, companies don’t do things.

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  • 5BC2E7@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    If you really think that is a viable business then you should be shifting towards creating said business that makes money working on things to clean up the environment.

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    • h3mlocke@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Please shut up.

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    • lefaucet@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      He didnt ask when companies will shift to making money. He asked when will companies shift to making things we need.

      Money is a useful tool, but it is not life sustaining by itself. Our species existed without money for longer than we’ve had money.

      What humans really need is a habitable planet where we can feed ourselves, have shelter and cultivate culture with others.

      Unfortunately the desire for money has disincentivised taking care of the ecosystem that provides food, protects us from solar radiation and keeps us and our crops from baking or freezing to death.

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  • AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    But you gotta admit that this is fucking cool. And its relatively innocent compared to some other inventions.

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• bassomitron@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Really cool tech, hopefully this means the costs of producing them will eventually decrease to affordable levels.

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• lolcatnip@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  So basically nano-scale Fresnel lenses?

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  • Salamendacious@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Those are beautiful. A couple years ago I went on a hunt trying to find one to hang up as well art. They are pricey.

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• Kazumara@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I wonder if they have any application in optical networking, like making wavelength selective switches (WSS) cheaper, more reliable, or smaller.

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• helenslunch@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  You mean Meta lenses?

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  • qisope@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I think they’re metal enses

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