Why Smartphone Night Photos Are So Good Now | WIRED

Taking photos at night on your phone used to look terrible, but recent phones have much improved capabilities. Julian Chokkattu, reviews editor at WIRED, explains how smartphone camera technology has gotten so much better.



Ramesh Raskar, MIT



https://www.media.mit.edu/people/raskar/updates/



MIT Camera Culture Group



https://www.media.mit.edu/groups/camera-culture/overview/



Ubicept



HTTPS://ubicept.com





Nighttime image fusion



Raskar, Ramesh, Adrian Ilie, and Jingyi Yu. "Image fusion for context enhancement and video surrealism." NPAR2004



https://web.media.mit.edu/~raskar/NPAR04/







Multi spectral imaging



Mohan, Ankit, Ramesh Raskar, and Jack Tumblin. "Agile spectrum imaging: Programmable wavelength modulation for cameras and projectors." Eurographics 2008



https://www.media.mit.edu/publications/agile-spectrum-imaging-programmable-wavelength-modulation-for-cameras-and-projectors/

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