🎯 Executive Summary

• Breakthrough – LFdiff synthesizes disparity-controllable 4-D light fields from a single RGB photo, powered by depth-aware diffusion. 
• Impact – Slashes volumetric-capture cost 90 %.
• Stakeholders – Meta RealityScan, Apple RoomPlan, Insta 360.

🧠 ELI5

Take one picture; the model invents the angles your head would see if you leaned left, right, or peeked behind that vase.

💼 Implications

• VR storytelling – indie creators get Pixar-like parallax.
• Synthetic dataset – cheap training for autonomous-driving shadows.

🎮 Widget

“Lean-Around Simulator” – drag cursor to shift view; watch depth-parallax from one upload.

📊 Investment Lens

• Cloud cost: 4 views ≈ 5 s on A100.
• Risk: texture hallucination on reflective surfaces.