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Victor Adrian Prisacariu is an Associate Professor of Engineering Science at the University of Oxford. He holds a BSc from Gheorghe Asachi Technical University, Iasi, Romania, and a DPhil from Oxford. Previously, he served as an EPSRC Postdoctoral Researcher and Dyson Senior Research Fellow. His current research focuses on real-time computer vision techniques for AR/VR on mobile platforms, with emphasis on semantic visual tracking, 3D reconstruction, and SLAM. He co-founded 6D.ai (acquired by Niantic), developing crowdsourced 3D mapping technologies. He leads the Active Vision Lab, which explores computational vision applications in robotics, wearable computing, and navigation. His work bridges academia and industry, emphasizing scalable solutions for real-world AR/VR challenges.
Education:
- BSc (First Class Honors) in Computer Engineering, Gheorghe Asachi Technical University (2008)
- DPhil in Engineering Science, University of Oxford (2012)
Research Interests:
- AR/VR system optimization for mobile and wearable devices
- Real-time 3D reconstruction and semantic mapping
- SLAM algorithms for navigation and localization
- Computer vision techniques for scene understanding and object tracking
- Industry-academia collaboration in AR/VR technologies
Key Projects:
- Active Vision Lab Code Repository (AVLCode)
- 6D.ai SDK (Niantic's real-time 3D semantic mapping)
- Development of Gaussian splatting techniques for efficient 3D rendering
Awards & Recognition:
- Contributions acknowledged in CVPR 2025 Best Paper Award (group recognition)
Lab & Teams: The Active Vision Lab collaborates on projects like 3D reconstruction, visual localization, and AR system development. His work integrates academic rigor with industry-driven applications through partnerships like Niantic.
