Researchers at the University of Maryland have used AI to recreate eye reflections captured in images in a 3D environment. The study used Neural Radiation Fields (NeRFs), which are capable of reconstruct 3D environment from 2D photos. Based on the light projection present in people’s eyes, NeRF was able to diffusely recreate the environment.

Research at the University of Maryland has made it possible to reproduce 3D images and environments in low quality. However, it is interesting to see how NeRF able to reconstruct the environment from the details recorded in the reflection of the eyes. The team of researchers used light recorded by human eyes to recreate the human environment. At this link, you can see all the environments recreated by the researchers during the study. Below you can see an example and the end result is very interesting:

3D environment recreated with AI eye reflection

The research team was able to recreate the environment in rich detail even at low quality. It may seem simple, but the work is quite complex. A the cornea serves as a natural barrier that AI NeRF needs to overcome, in order to form an image of what needs to be recreated. “Our current real-world results come from a “lab setting” such as a zoomed shot of a person’s face, local lighting to illuminate the scene, and intentional human movement.‘, said the authors of the study.

However, the research serves as a significant advance in the development of technology. NeRF is an NVIDIA technology, and the results show interesting real world applications in several security services that can help with, for example, missing person searches. “Through this work, we hope to inspire future research that uses unexpected and random visual cues to reveal information about the world around us, expanding the horizons of 3D scene reconstruction.“It will be very interesting to see how AI NeRF progresses in 3D environment reconstruction from light reflections.

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Source: Engadget

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