Hybrid computational lens combines optics and algorithms in a camera that focuses on everything all at once regardless of distance of objects

https://techxplore.com/news/2025-11-camera-lens-focus.html

"overcomes depth-of-field limitation... modified Lohmann lens design, using 2 shifting curved lenses, combined with phase-only spatial light modulator controlling how light bends at each pixel... divides image into regions each of which independently detects out of focus, direction to adjust... faster and more suitable for moving subjects, achieving 21 frames per second... microscopy capturing every layer of a biological sample in focus at once. autonomous vehicles, AR/ VR"