Research

Our research covers hardware systems, algorithms and interfaces. The group is well-known for demonstrating applications at scale, either through releasing code, experiments with users and building prototypes. Our work is best accessed through the various teams that the group runs:

• Virtual reality
  Keywords: immersive interfaces, presence, avatars, 3D interaction, haptics
• Smart geometry processing
  Keywords: geometry acquisition, geometry processing, geometric deep learning
• Digital reality
  Keywords: computational photography, appearance modelling and fabrication, point-based graphics, cultural-heritage applications
• Graphics and illumination
  Keywords: (deep) learning for graphics, interactive global illumination, perceptual graphics
• Sensors and systems
  Keywords: situation awareness, tracking, mapping, estimation, graphical models, machine learning, robot path planning, applications of augmented reality
• Audio perception
  Keywords: auditory scene analysis, audio perception, virtual reality audio
• Touchlab
  Keywords: haptics and the science of touch, multi-scale sensing and robotic interaction, multi robot collaboration, telepresence, learning methods for dexterous grasping

Members of VECG are also associated following activities that bridge to areas outside computer science:

• UCL Centre for Digital Humanities
• UCL Robotics
• Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Foundational AI
• Leverhulme Doctoral Training Programme for the Ecological Study of the Brain
• Research Centre on Interactive Media, Smart Systems and Emerging Technologies (Cyprus)