Prof. Bell gave a talk to the Evening Lions Club in Marshalltown, Iowa on February 19, 2020.
Best Student Paper Award
Matt Successfully Defends M.S.
Prof. Bell to co-chair Electronic Imaging 2020's 3D Measurement and Data Processing (3DMP) Conference Session
Prof. Bell will chair the “3D/4D Measurement and Processing” session of the 3D Measurement and Data Processing (3DMP) conference at Electronic Imaging 2020 (#EI2020). Hope to see you in January!
Front Page News: Large-Scale Augmented Reality Sandbox
"Digitizing Our 3D World" Café Scientifique at the Science Center of Iowa (Nov. 12 @ 6:00pm)
Prof. Bell gave a talk, “Digitizing Our 3D World,” on November 12 at the Science Center of Iowa (SCI) in Des Moines, IA as part of their Café Scientifique series. The event was free and open to the public, taking place in SCI’s Star Theater planetarium.
Paper Accepted: "Variable precision depth encoding for 3D range geometry compression"
Our paper "Variable precision depth encoding for 3D range geometry compression" has been accepted to Electronic Imaging 2020. Looking forward to seeing everyone at EI again next January!
Outreach: Large-Scale Augmented Reality Sandbox at the Science Center of Iowa
Pilot project funded: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Visual Loss (CPTVL)
Our pilot project, “EchoSee: an assistive technology platform for simulating human echolocation to assist those who are blind or severely visually impaired with safe and independent navigation,” has been funded from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Visual Loss (CPTVL).
Applied Optics Cover
Paper Published: "Two-Channel Depth Encoding for 3D Range Geometry Compression" (Applied Optics, 2019)
Our paper, “Two-Channel Depth Encoding for 3D Range Geometry Compression,” has been published in Applied Optics. Congrats to Matt on his first publication!
Welcome, Brody!
The Holo Reality Lab welcomes Broderick “Brody” Schwartz! Brody is joining Iowa having received the Dean’s Graduate Engineering Fellowship. Brody recently finished his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University and is joining Iowa as a Ph.D. student in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Welcome!
Nick featured on Iowa Engineering homepage
Nick Gorman, an undergraduate student in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Iowa, was just spotted on the Iowa Engineering home page. Check it out! 👀
Prof. Bell featured in "Iowa Engineer" magazine
Prof. Bell's proposal selected for "Enhancing Ethical Context in the CoE Curriculum"
Prof. Bell awarded Old Gold Summer Fellowship
Welcome Matt, Jacob, and Nick!
Seminar Talk: Dec. 6, 2018
Paper Accepted: "Holo Reality: Real-time Low-bandwidth 3D Range Video Communications on Consumer Mobile Devices with Application to Augmented Reality"
Invited Colloquium Talk: Real-time, Accurate 3D Video Communications
Prof. Bell gave an invited colloquium talk to the Department of Computer Science at the University of Iowa on September 21, 2018 at 4:00pm CDT in 40 SH (Schaeffer Hall). More info. is provided on the post page.