PUBLICATIONS
Explore our cutting-edge research in visual computing and augmented intelligence. Our publications span computational imaging, computer vision, AR/VR, nano-optics, and machine learning.
2025
Beating bandwidth limits for large aperture broadband nano-optics
Johannes E Fröch*, Praneeth Chakravarthula*, Jipeng Sun, Ethan Tseng, Shane Colburn, Alan Zhan, Forrest Miller, Anna Wirth-Singh, Quentin AA Tanguy, Zheyi Han, Karl F Böhringer, Felix Heide, Arka Majumdar
DOF-GS: Adjustable Depth-of-Field 3D Gaussian Splatting for Post-Capture Refocusing, Defocus Rendering and Blur Removal
Yujie Wang, Baoquan Chen*, Praneeth Chakravarthula*
Event fields: Capturing light fields at high speed, resolution, and dynamic range
Ziyuan Qu, Zihao Zou, Vivek Boominathan, Praneeth Chakravarthula, Adithya Pediredla
Present and Future of Everyday-use Augmented Reality Eyeglasses
Praneeth Chakravarthula
Multimodal Neural Acoustic Fields for Immersive Virtual Reality and Telepresence
Guansen Tong, Jonathan Leung, Haosheng Shi, Liujie Zheng, Shengze Wang, Xi Peng, Grace Fei, Praneeth Chakravarthula
Perceptually-Guided Acoustic Foveation
Xi Peng, Kenneth Chen, Iran Roman, Juan Pablo Bello, Qi Sun*, Praneeth Chakravarthula*
FlatTrack: Eye-tracking with ultra-thin lensless cameras
Purvam Jain, Althaf M. Nazar, Salman S. Khan, Kaushik Mitra, Praneeth Chakravarthula
2024
Spatially Varying Nanophotonic Neural Networks
Kaixuan Wei*, Xiao Li*, Johannes Froech*, Praneeth Chakravarthula, James Whitehead, Ethan Tseng, Arka Majumdar, Felix Heide
End-to-End Hybrid Refractive-Diffractive Lens Design with Differentiable Ray-Wave Model
Xinge Yang, Matheus Souza, Kunyi Wang, Praneeth Chakravarthula, Qiang Fu, Wolfgang Heidrich
Cross-Domain Synthetic-to-Real In-the-Wild Depth and Normal Estimation for 3D Scene Understanding
Jay Bhanushali, Manivannan Muniyandi, Praneeth Chakravarthula
Neural Etendue Expander for Ultra-Wide-Angle High-Fidelity Holographic Display
Ethan Tseng, Seung-Hwan Baek, Grace Kuo, Nathan Matsuda, Andrew Maimone, Praneeth Chakravarthula, Qiang Fu, Wolfgang Heidrich, Douglas Lanman, Felix Heide
Point Spread Function-inspired Deformable Convolutional Network for Holographic Displays
Mi Zhou, Shuming Jiao, Praneeth Chakravarthula, Yang Yue, Ping Su, Ercan Engin Kuruoglu, Zihan Geng
2023
Thin On-Sensor Nanophotonic Array Cameras
Praneeth Chakravarthula, Jipeng Sun, Xiao Li, Chenyang Lei, Gene Chou, Mario Bijelic, Johannes Froesch, Arka Majumdar, Felix Heide
Seeing with Sound: Long-Range Acoustic Beamforming for Automotive Scene Understanding
Praneeth Chakravarthula, Jim Aldon D'Souza, Ethan Tseng, Joe Bartusek, Felix Heide
Stochastic Light Field Holography
Florian Schiffers, Praneeth Chakravarthula, Nathan Matsuda, Grace Kuo, Ethan Tseng, Douglas Lanman, Felix Heide, Oliver Cossairt
End-to-End Compression-Aware Computer-Generated Holography
Mi Zhou, Hao Zhang, Shuming Jiao, Praneeth Chakravarthula, Zihan Geng
Hexagonal Diffractive Optical Elements
Yidan Zheng, Qiang Fu, Hadi Amata, Praneeth Chakravarthula, Felix Heide, Wolfgang Heidrich
ChromaCorrect: Prescription Correction in Virtual Reality Headsets through Perceptual Guidance
Ahmet Guzel, Jeanne Beyazian, Praneeth Chakravarthula, Kaan Aksit
2022
Visual perception of noise in a simulated holographic display – a user study
Andreas Georgiou, Joel Kollin, Charlie Hewitt, Praneeth Chakravarthula, Brian Guenter
Pupil-aware Holography
Praneeth Chakravarthula, Seung-Hwan Baek, Florian Schiffers, Ethan Tseng, Grace Kuo, Andrew Maimone, Nathan Matsuda, Oliver Cossairt, Douglas Lanman, Felix Heide
FoV-NeRF: Foveated Neural Radiance Fields for Virtual Reality
Nianchen Deng, Zhenyi He, Jiannan Ye, Budmonde Duinkharjav, Praneeth Chakravarthula, Xubo Yang, Qi Sun
Neural 3D Gaze: 3D Pupil Localization and Gaze Tracking based on Anatomical Eye Model and Neural Refraction Correction
Conny Lu, Praneeth Chakravarthula, Kaihao Liu, Xixiang Liu, Siyuan Li, Henry Fuchs
Image Features Influence Reaction Time: A Learned Probabilistic Perceptual Model for Saccade Latency
Budmonde Duinkharjav, Praneeth Chakravarthula, Rachel Albert, Anjul Patney, Qi Sun
Hogel-free Holography
Praneeth Chakravarthula, Ethan Tseng, Henry Fuchs, Felix Heide
Joint Neural Phase Retrieval and Compression for Energy- and Computation-Efficient Holography on the Edge
Yujie Wang*, Praneeth Chakravarthula*, Qi Sun, Baoquan Chen
Seeing Through Obstructions with Diffractive Cloaking
Zheng Shi, Yuval Bahat, Seung-Hwan Baek, Qiang Fu, Hadi Amata, Xiao Li, Praneeth Chakravarthula, Wolfgang Heidrich, Felix Heide
2021
Towards Everyday-use Augmented Reality Eyeglasses
Praneeth Chakravarthula
Gaze-contingent Retinal Speckle Suppression for Perceptually-Matched Foveated Holographic Displays
Praneeth Chakravarthula, Zhan Zhang, Okan Tursun, Piotr Didyk, Qi Sun, Henry Fuchs
2020
Learned Hardware-in-the-loop Phase Retrieval for Holographic Near-Eye Displays
Praneeth Chakravarthula, Ethan Tseng, Tarun Srivastava, Henry Fuchs, Felix Heide
DeepCGH: 3D Computer-Generated Holography Using Deep Learning
M. Hossein Eybposh, Nicholas W. Caira, Mathew Atisa, Praneeth Chakravarthula, Nicolas C. Pégard
Improved vergence and accommodation via Purkinje Image tracking with multiple cameras for AR eyeglasses
Xinran Lu, Praneeth Chakravarthula, Yujie Tao, Steven Chen, Henry Fuchs
Towards Eyeglasses-style Holographic Near-eye Displays with Statically Expanded Eyebox
Xinxing Xia, Yunqing Guan, Andrei State, Praneeth Chakravarthula, Tat-Jen Cham, Henry Fuchs
Computing high-quality phase-only holograms for holographic displays
Praneeth Chakravarthula, Yifan Peng, Joel Kollin, Felix Heide, Henry Fuchs
2019
Wirtinger Holography for Near-Eye Displays
Praneeth Chakravarthula, Yifan Peng, Joel Kollin, Henry Fuchs, Felix Heide
Towards a Switchable AR/VR Near-eye Display with Accommodation-Vergence and Eyeglass Prescription Support
Xinxing Xia, Yunqing Guan, Andrei State, Praneeth Chakravarthula, Kishore Rathinavel, Tat-Jen Cham, Henry Fuchs
Manufacturing Application Driven Near-Eye Displays
Kaan Aksit, Praneeth Chakravarthula, Kishore Rathinavel, Youngmo Jeong, Rachel Albert, Henry Fuchs, David Luebke
2018
focusAR: Auto-focus Augmented Reality Eyeglasses for both Real World and Virtual Imagery
Praneeth Chakravarthula, David Dunn, Kaan Aksit, Henry Fuchs
Steerable Application-Adaptive Near-Eye Displays
Kishore Rathinavel, Praneeth Chakravarthula, Kaan Aksit, Josef Spjut, Ben Boudaoud, Turner Whitted, David Luebke, Henry Fuchs
Mitigating vergence-accommodation conflict for near-eye displays via deformable beamsplitters
David Dunn, Praneeth Chakravarthula, Qian Dong, Henry Fuchs
Towards Varifocal Augmented Reality Displays using Deformable Beamsplitter Membranes
David Dunn, Praneeth Chakravarthula, Qian Dong, Kaan Aksit, Henry Fuchs
2015
Penetra3D: A penetrable, interactive, 360-degree viewable display
Praneeth Chakravarthula, Pattie Maes
2014
Single access point based indoor localization technique for augmented reality gaming for children
Praneeth Chakravarthula, Ravi Poovaiah, Ajanta Sen, Priya Ganadas