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The light field is a vector function that describes the amount of light flowing in every direction through every point in space. The space of all possible light rays is given by the five-dimensional plenoptic function, and the magnitude of each ray is given by its radiance. Michael Faraday was the first to propose that light should be interpreted as a field, much like the magnetic fields on which he had been working. The phrase light field was coined by Andrey Gershun in a classic 1936 paper on the radiometric properties of light in three-dimensional space.

Light field - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Vector function in optics A light field , or lightfield , is a physical field that describes the amount of light flowing in every direction through every point in a three-dimensional space . The mathematical space of all possible light rays is given by the five-dimensional plenoptic function (with three position coordinates and two direction angles as arguments), and the magnitude of each ray is given by its radiance . Michael Faraday was the first to propose that light should be interpreted as a field, much like the

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