Imaging Science Seminar: Reality Capture – From History to the Future of Dig-ital World
Imaging Science Seminar
Reality Capture – From History to the Future of Dig-ital World
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Tiyasa Sarkar
Imaging Science Ph.D. Student
Rochester Institute of Technology
Abstract:
From the earliest cave paintings and sculptures to today’s immersive digital twins, humanity has always sought to capture and preserve reality. This talk traces the fascinating trajectory of reality capture across history: How ancient artifacts, paintings, and optical instruments served as the first attempts to record the world; how the evolution of the eye inspired the invention of photography and the digital camera; and how computational advances now allow us to reconstruct entire scenes in three dimensions. With the rise of computer vision and machine learning, reality capture has moved beyond static snapshots to dynamic, data-driven reconstructions. Neural Radiance Fields (NeRFs) exemplify shift—transforming, sparse, 2D images into continuous, photorealistic, 3D representations. Looking ahead, reality capture technologies promise not only to document the world with unprecedented fidelity but also to redefine how we interact with history, culture, and our digital future.
Bio:
Tiyasa is currently a PhD student in Imaging Science where her research focuses on volume capture, photorealistic novel view synthesis, and neural rendering. Prior to this, she received an MS in Electrical Engineering at RIT with a focus of signal processing. She was a fully funded scholar at Wolfram Summer School 2023. Apart from this she is also multiple hackathon winner.
Intended Audience:
Beginners, undergraduates, graduates. Those with interest in the topic.
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