Welcome to the
Computational 3D Imaging and Measurement (3DIM) Lab!

At the Wyant College of Optical Sciences - University of Arizona

We are working on a broad variety of problems in computational imaging, optical 3D metrology, and quantitative vision. Our research combines teachings from physical optics, image and signal processing, computer vision, and information theory. Our goal is to invent, develop, and build the next generation of 2D/3D computational imaging and display devices that overcome traditional limitations (e.g., in resolution, dynamic range, speed) to “make the unseen visible”. These instruments and the underlying principles will represent key technologies to foster transformational technical changes in the next decades.

Current applications of our developed techniques and systems can be found in medicine, VR/AR/MR, robotics, industrial inspection, remote sensing, automotive sensing, metrology, forensics, or cultural heritage preservation. Our present research includes novel methods to image hidden objects through scattering media or around corners, unconventional methods for precise VR eye tracking, high-resolution holographic displays, and the implementation of high-precision metrology methods in low-cost mobile handheld devices. Moreover, we develop novel time-of-flight and structured light techniques for industrial inspection and medical imaging working at depth resolutions in the 100μm-range.

Lab Director:

Florian Willomitzer

Associate Professor of Optical Sciences

see bio and short CV here »

News

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April 2025

Nature Communications paper about single-shot deflectometric eye tracking is featured in University of Arizona News, Optics.org, Phys.org, and more…

March 2025

Florian speaks at the EVGEN and WACI workshops held at the IEEE/CVF Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV).

March 2025

New website, new lab news feed! See past lb news (until 10/23) here.

Selected Publications

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Synthetic Wavelength Imaging: Utilizing Spectral Correlations for High-Precision Time-of-Flight Sensing.

Computational Imaging for Scene Understanding: Transient, Spectral, and Polarimetric Analysis, 2024.

Single-Shot 3D Sensing Close to Physical Limits and Information Limits.

Dissertation, University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Published as book in the series “Springer Theses” in 2019, 2017.

Join Us

We are always looking for motivated people interested in pursuing a research project or thesis in our lab. Prospective Students or Postdocs should have a background in Optics, Computer Science, Image and Signal Processing, or similar disciplines.

Please contact Prof. Willomitzer if you are interested.

Sponsored Research

Past and Present

The work shown on this website has been generously funded by the agencies and industry partners listed below. Prof. Willomitzer was directly awarded funding as Principal Investigator (PI) or Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) from NSF, OPTICA, Meta, Texas Instruments, NCMS, NEH, and MAGNA.

Collaborations

Past and Present

Contact

Florian Willomitzer

fwillomitzer [at] arizona [dot] edu

Wyant College of Optical Sciences - University of Arizona Computational 3D Imaging and Measurement (3DIM) Lab Meinel Building, Room 629 1630 E University Blvd, Tucson, AZ 85721