Cambridge · Open Reality & Visual AI

Building digital worlds, with positive impact.

A research group at the University of Cambridge developing algorithms across machine learning, computer vision, and graphics.

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Four pillars of our work

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Digital World Models

Digital World Models Building digital representations of the world is a strategic priority for communities around the world. We are building systems for creating digital twins…
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Brain-AI Studies

Brain-AI Studies Brain and especially human brain is a fascinating structure. Understanding the brain more will tell us a lot about ourselves and the world. We…
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Explainable, Predictable, Controllable AI

Explainable, Predictable, Controllable AI AI and in particular machine learning has been progressing so fast that we sometimes know that an algorithm works well under certain…
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Applications

Applications Our research has diverse applications. We are running projects on digital capture and understanding of plants, healthcare, preservation of human heritage, computer assisted education tools,…
What we do

Research that builds — and teaching that lasts.

We pursue fundamental questions in visual AI while training the next generation of researchers and practitioners.

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Research

Digital world models, brain-AI studies, explainable AI, and applied projects across plants, healthcare, heritage, and the arts.

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Teaching

Cambridge courses in Further Graphics, Machine Visual Perception, and Extended Reality.

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Recognition

Recent awards and honors

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“SIGGRAPH Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Honorable Mention”
ACM SIGGRAPH 2024
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“IEEE VR Best Dissertation Honorable Mention”
IEEE VR 2024
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“Future Leaders Fellowship”
UKRI 2022
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“CAPA Award”
2023
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What is the Core Lab?

A research group in the Department of Computer Science and Technology, University of Cambridge.

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