That's fine, unless the last 5+ years of bokeh-fetishism has turned it into the modern-day equivalent of solar flare photoshops. It's basically a big "look how much lens I can afford!" dick-waving contest.

Since you're doing research, I'm sure you've seen the Lytro cameras. Maybe if they manage to get that technology into phones, it could really change the world. Samsung is already doing some stuff like recording photos several ms before/after the button was pressed, so you can do minor time-stream corrections. It's not long before DOF corrections through hardware or software comes along.