publications | Kaan Akşit

2025

SIGGRAPH

Efficient Proxy Raytracer for Optical Systems using Implicit Neural Representations

Shiva Sinaei, Chuanjun Zheng, Kaan Akşit, and Daisuke Iwai

In SIGGRAPH 2025 Posters (SA Posters ’25), Vancouver, BC, Canada, Aug 2025

@inproceedings{Shiva2025Proxy,
  author = {Sinaei, Shiva and Zheng, Chuanjun and Ak{\c{s}}it, Kaan and Iwai, Daisuke},
  title = {Efficient Proxy Raytracer for Optical Systems using Implicit Neural Representations},
  booktitle = {SIGGRAPH 2025 Posters (SA Posters '25)},
  year = {2025},
  location = {Vancouver, BC, Canada},
  publisher = {ACM},
  address = {New York, NY, USA},
  pages = {2},
  doi = {10.1145/3721250.3742994},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3721250.3742994},
  month = aug
}

SIGGRAPH

Assessing Learned Models for Phase-only Hologram Compression

Zicong Peng, Yicheng Zhan, Josef Spjut, and Kaan Akşit

In SIGGRAPH 2025 Posters (SA Posters ’25), Vancouver, BC, Canada, Aug 2025

@inproceedings{peng2025assessing,
  author = {Peng, Zicong and Zhan, Yicheng and Spjut, Josef and Ak{\c{s}}it, Kaan},
  title = {Assessing Learned Models for Phase-only Hologram Compression},
  booktitle = {SIGGRAPH 2025 Posters (SA Posters '25)},
  year = {2025},
  location = {Vancouver, BC, Canada},
  publisher = {ACM},
  address = {New York, NY, USA},
  pages = {2},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3721250.3742993},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3721250.3742993},
  month = aug
}

IEEE

Slim Diffractive Waveguide Glasses for Beaming Displays with Enhanced Head Orientation Tolerance

Yuta Itoh, Tomoya Nakamura, Yuichi Hiroi, and Kaan Akşit

In 2025 IEEE Conference Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (VR), Aug 2025

@inproceedings{itoh2025slim,
  title = {Slim Diffractive Waveguide Glasses for Beaming Displays with Enhanced Head Orientation Tolerance},
  author = {Itoh, Yuta and Nakamura, Tomoya and Hiroi, Yuichi and Akşit, Kaan},
  booktitle = {2025 IEEE Conference Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (VR)},
  pages = {351--358},
  year = {2025},
  organization = {IEEE},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1109/VR59515.2025.00059}
}

SPIE

Role of perceptually guided image quality metrics in computer-generated holography

Doğa Yılmaz, Rafał Mantiuk, and Kaan Akşit

In Advances in Display Technologies XV, Jan 2025

Invited

@inproceedings{yilmaz2025role,
  title = {Role of perceptually guided image quality metrics in computer-generated holography},
  author = {Yılmaz, Do{\u{g}}a and Mantiuk, Rafał and Ak{\c{s}}it, Kaan},
  booktitle = {Advances in Display Technologies XV},
  volume = {13388},
  pages = {54--55},
  month = jan,
  year = {2025},
  organization = {SPIE},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3040649}
}

SPIE

Content-adaptive targeting scheme for holographic displays

Ziyang Chen , Dongyeon Kim, Rafał Mantiuk, and Kaan Akşit

In Optical Architectures for Displays and Sensing in Augmented, Virtual, and Mixed Reality (AR, VR, MR) VI, Jan 2025

@inproceedings{chen2025content,
  title = {Content-adaptive targeting scheme for holographic displays},
  author = {Chen, Ziyang and Kim, Dongyeon and Mantiuk, Rafał and Ak{\c{s}}it, Kaan},
  booktitle = {Optical Architectures for Displays and Sensing in Augmented, Virtual, and Mixed Reality (AR, VR, MR) VI},
  volume = {13414},
  month = jan,
  year = {2025},
  organization = {SPIE},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3040567}
}

SPIE

Learning plane-to-multiplane light propagation improves hologram optimization

Chuanjun Zheng, Yicheng Zhan, and Kaan Akşit

In Practical Holography XXXIX: Displays, Materials, and Applications, Jan 2025

Invited

@inproceedings{zheng2025learning,
  title = {Learning plane-to-multiplane light propagation improves hologram optimization},
  author = {Zheng, Chuanjun and Zhan, Yicheng and Ak{\c{s}}it, Kaan},
  booktitle = {Practical Holography XXXIX: Displays, Materials, and Applications},
  volume = {13390},
  pages = {21--22},
  month = jan,
  year = {2025},
  organization = {SPIE},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3040869}
}

SPIE

Advancements in GaN-based horizontal-cavity and surface-emitting superluminescent diodes for next-generation holographic displays

Muhammet Genc , Zhi Li, Juan SD Morales, Abhinandan Hazarika, HowYuan Hwang, Kaan Akşit, Gerry O’Carroll, Brendan Roycroft, and Brian Corbett

In Gallium Nitride Materials and Devices XX, Jan 2025

@inproceedings{genc2025advancements,
  title = {Advancements in GaN-based horizontal-cavity and surface-emitting superluminescent diodes for next-generation holographic displays},
  author = {Genc, Muhammet and Li, Zhi and Morales, Juan SD and Hazarika, Abhinandan and Hwang, HowYuan and Akşit, Kaan and O'Carroll, Gerry and Roycroft, Brendan and Corbett, Brian},
  booktitle = {Gallium Nitride Materials and Devices XX},
  volume = {13366},
  pages = {49--56},
  month = jan,
  year = {2025},
  organization = {SPIE},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3044125}
}

SPIE

Diffractive processors enable all-optical image denoising

Çağatay Işıl, Hanlong Chen, Tianyi Gan, F Onuralp Ardic, Koray Mentesoglu, Jagrit Digani, Huseyin Karaca , Jingxi Li, Deniz Mengu, Mona Jarrahi, Kaan Akşit, and Aydogan Ozcan

In AI and Optical Data Sciences VI, Mar 2025

@inproceedings{icsil2025diffractive,
  title = {Diffractive processors enable all-optical image denoising},
  author = {I{\c{s}}{\i}l, {\c{C}}a{\u{g}}atay and Chen, Hanlong and Gan, Tianyi and Ardic, F Onuralp and Mentesoglu, Koray and Digani, Jagrit and Karaca, Huseyin and Li, Jingxi and Mengu, Deniz and Jarrahi, Mona and Akşit, Kaan and Ozcan, Aydogan},
  booktitle = {AI and Optical Data Sciences VI},
  pages = {PC1337510},
  month = mar,
  year = {2025},
  organization = {SPIE},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3042134}
}

2024

IEEE ISMAR

Beaming Display Using Thin Holographic Waveguides for Wider Head Orientation Angle Range

Yuta Itoh, Tomoya Nakamura, Yuichi Hiroi, and Kaan Akşit

In 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Adjunct (ISMAR-Adjunct), Oct 2024

@inproceedings{itoh2024beaming,
  author = {Itoh, Yuta and Nakamura, Tomoya and Hiroi, Yuichi and Akşit, Kaan},
  booktitle = {2024 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Adjunct (ISMAR-Adjunct)},
  title = {Beaming Display Using Thin Holographic Waveguides for Wider Head Orientation Angle Range},
  year = {2024},
  month = oct,
  volume = {},
  number = {},
  pages = {475-476},
  keywords = {Prototypes;Glass;Holography;Optics;Optical imaging;Holographic optical components;Optical reflection;Gratings;Optical waveguides;Augmented reality;Beaming display;Augmented reality;Near-eye display;waveguide;HOEs},
  doi = {10.1109/ISMAR-Adjunct64951.2024.00138},
}

Optica CLEO

Image denoising using diffractive optical processors

Çağatay Işıl, Tianyi Gan, F Onuralp Ardic, Koray Mentesoglu, Jagrit Digani, Huseyin Karaca, Hanlong Chen , Jingxi Li, Deniz Mengu, Mona Jarrahi, and others

In CLEO: Fundamental Science, May 2024

@inproceedings{icsil2024image,
  title = {Image denoising using diffractive optical processors},
  author = {I{\c{s}}{\i}l, {\c{C}}a{\u{g}}atay and Gan, Tianyi and Ardic, F Onuralp and Mentesoglu, Koray and Digani, Jagrit and Karaca, Huseyin and Chen, Hanlong and Li, Jingxi and Mengu, Deniz and Jarrahi, Mona and others},
  booktitle = {CLEO: Fundamental Science},
  pages = {FTu3G--2},
  month = may,
  year = {2024},
  organization = {Optica Publishing Group},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1364/CLEO_FS.2024.FTu3G.2},
}

SIGGRAPH ASIA

Focal Surface Holographic Light Transport using Learned Spatially Adaptive Convolutions

Chuanjun Zheng, Yicheng Zhan, Liang Shi, Ozan Cakmakci, and Kaan Akşit

In SIGGRAPH Asia 2024 Technical Communications (SA Technical Communications ’24), Tokyo, Japan, Dec 2024

@inproceedings{zheng2024focalholography,
  author = {Zheng, Chuanjun and Zhan, Yicheng and Shi, Liang and Cakmakci, Ozan and Ak{\c{s}}it, Kaan},
  title = {Focal Surface Holographic Light Transport using Learned Spatially Adaptive Convolutions},
  booktitle = {SIGGRAPH Asia 2024 Technical Communications (SA Technical Communications ’24)},
  keywords = {Computer-Generated Holography, Light Transport, Optimization},
  location = {Tokyo, Japan},
  series = {SA '24},
  month = dec,
  year = {2024},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3681758.3697989}
}

SPIE

Diffractive processors enable all-optical image denoising

Cagatay Isil, Tianyi Gan, Fazil Onuralp Ardic, Koray Mentesoglu, Jagrit Digani, Huseyin Karaca, Hanlong Chen , Jingxi Li, Deniz Mengu, Mona Jarrahi, and others

In Emerging Topics in Artificial Intelligence (ETAI) 2024, Aug 2024

@inproceedings{isil2024diffractive,
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3027789},
  title = {Diffractive processors enable all-optical image denoising},
  author = {Isil, Cagatay and Gan, Tianyi and Ardic, Fazil Onuralp and Mentesoglu, Koray and Digani, Jagrit and Karaca, Huseyin and Chen, Hanlong and Li, Jingxi and Mengu, Deniz and Jarrahi, Mona and others},
  booktitle = {Emerging Topics in Artificial Intelligence (ETAI) 2024},
  pages = {PC131180T},
  month = aug,
  year = {2024},
  organization = {SPIE}
}

SIGGRAPH ASIA

SpecTrack: Learned Multi-Rotation Tracking via Speckle Imaging

Ziyang Chen, Mustafa Dogan, Josef Spjut, and Kaan Akşit

In SIGGRAPH Asia 2024 Posters (SA Posters ’24), Tokyo, Japan, Dec 2024

Honorable Mention award under the Posters Program

@inproceedings{chen2024spectrack,
  author = {Chen, Ziyang and Dogan, Mustafa and Spjut, Josef and Ak{\c{s}}it, Kaan},
  title = {SpecTrack: Learned Multi-Rotation Tracking via Speckle Imaging},
  booktitle = {SIGGRAPH Asia 2024 Posters (SA Posters '24)},
  year = {2024},
  location = {Tokyo, Japan},
  publisher = {ACM},
  address = {New York, NY, USA},
  pages = {2},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3681756.3697875},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3681756.3697875},
  month = dec
}

Light: Science and Appllications

All-optical image denoising using a diffractive visual processor

Çağatay Işıl, Tianyi Gan, Fazil Onuralp Ardic, Koray Mentesoglu, Jagrit Digani, Huseyin Karaca, Hanlong Chen , Jingxi Li, Deniz Mengu, Mona Jarrahi, Kaan Akşit, and Aydogan Ozcan

Light: Science & Applications, Feb 2024

Most downloaded paper in February 2024 and entire 2024

@article{Işıl2024,
  author = {Işıl, Çağatay and Gan, Tianyi and Ardic, Fazil Onuralp and Mentesoglu, Koray and Digani, Jagrit and Karaca, Huseyin and Chen, Hanlong and Li, Jingxi and Mengu, Deniz and Jarrahi, Mona and Ak{\c{s}}it, Kaan and Ozcan, Aydogan},
  title = {All-optical image denoising using a diffractive visual processor},
  journal = {Light: Science {\&} Applications},
  year = {2024},
  month = feb,
  day = {04},
  volume = {13},
  number = {1},
  pages = {43},
  issn = {2047-7538},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1038/s41377-024-01385-6},
}

SPIE AR/VR/MR

AutoColor: Learned Light Power Control for Multi-Color Holograms

Yicheng Zhan, Koray Kavaklı, Hakan Urey, Qi Sun, and Kaan Akşit

SPIE, Jan 2024

@article{zhan2024autocolor,
  title = {AutoColor: Learned Light Power Control for Multi-Color Holograms},
  author = {Zhan, Yicheng and Kavakl{\i}, Koray and Urey, Hakan and Sun, Qi and Akşit, Kaan},
  journal = {SPIE},
  year = {2024},
  month = jan,
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2305.01611}
}

Optics and Photonics News

Socially Acceptable AR Glasses: Are We There Yet?

Kai-Han Chang, Ali Yöntem, and Kaan Akşit

Optics and Photonics News, Jul 2024

@article{chang2024socially,
  title = {Socially Acceptable AR Glasses: Are We There Yet?},
  author = {Chang, Kai-Han and {\"O}zgür Y{\"o}ntem, Ali and Ak{\c{s}}it, Kaan},
  journal = {Optics and Photonics News},
  volume = {35},
  number = {7},
  pages = {44--51},
  day = {1},
  month = jul,
  year = {2024},
  publisher = {Optica Publishing Group},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1364/OPN.35.7.000044}
}

SID

59-1: Enhancing Brightness with Multi-Color Holography

Koray Kavaklı, Liang Shi, Hakan Urey, Wojciech Matusik, and Kaan Akşit

In SID Symposium Digest of Technical Papers, Jul 2024

@inproceedings{kavakli202459,
  title = {59-1: Enhancing Brightness with Multi-Color Holography},
  author = {Kavakl{\i}, Koray and Shi, Liang and Urey, Hakan and Matusik, Wojciech and Ak{\c{s}}it, Kaan},
  booktitle = {SID Symposium Digest of Technical Papers},
  volume = {55},
  number = {1},
  day = {30},
  month = jul,
  pages = {809--812},
  year = {2024},
  organization = {Wiley Online Library},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1002/sdtp.17651}
}

2023

SIGGRAPH ASIA

Multi-color Holograms Improve Brightness in Holographic Displays

Koray Kavaklı, Liang Shi, Hakan Urey, Wojciech Matusik, and Kaan Akşit

In SIGGRAPH ASIA 2023 Conference Papers, Sydney, NSW, Australia, Dec 2023

Graphics Replicability Stamp Initiative’s Replicability Stamp

@inproceedings{kavakli2023multicolor,
  title = {Multi-color Holograms Improve Brightness in Holographic Displays},
  author = {Kavakl{\i}, Koray and Shi, Liang and Urey, Hakan and Matusik, Wojciech and Akşit, Kaan},
  booktitle = {SIGGRAPH ASIA 2023 Conference Papers},
  articleno = {20},
  numpages = {11},
  keywords = {Brightness, Computer-generated holography, Holographic displays},
  location = {Sydney, NSW, Australia},
  series = {SA '23},
  month = dec,
  year = {2023},
  presentation = {https://kaanaksit.com/assets/video/KavakliSigAsia2023MulticolorPresentation.mp4},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3610548.3618135},
}

Optica

Headsetless Holographic Virtual Reality Displays

Kaan Akşit

In Laser Science, Oct 2023
SID

52-2: Invited Paper: ChromaCorrect: Prescription Correction in Virtual Reality Headsets through Perceptual Guidance

Ahmet H Güzel, Jeanne Beyazian, Praneeth Chakravarthula, and Kaan Akşit

In SID Symposium Digest of Technical Papers, May 2023
SID

19-4: Improving Defocus Blur in Holographic Displays

Koray Kavaklı, Yuta Itoh, Hakan Urey, and Kaan Akşit

In SID Symposium Digest of Technical Papers, May 2023
US Patent

Method and apparatus for spatiotemporal enhancement of patch scanning displays

Kaan Akşit

May 2023

US Patent 11,663,945

Biomedical Optics Express

ChromaCorrect: Prescription Correction in Virtual Reality Headsets through Perceptual Guidance

Ahmet Güzel, Jeanne Beyazian, Praneeth Chakravarthula, and Kaan Akşit

Biomedical Optics Express, Apr 2023

@article{guzel2023prescription,
  title = {ChromaCorrect: Prescription Correction in Virtual Reality Headsets through Perceptual Guidance},
  author = {Güzel, Ahmet and Beyazian, Jeanne and Chakravarthula, Praneeth and Akşit, Kaan},
  journal = {Biomedical Optics Express},
  volume = {2166-2180},
  month = apr,
  year = {2023},
  language = {en},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1364/BOE.485776},
}

IEEE VR

HoloBeam: Paper-Thin Near-Eye Displays

Kaan Akşit, and Yuta Itoh

In 2023 IEEE Conference Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (VR), Mar 2023

@inproceedings{aksit2023holobeam,
  title = {HoloBeam: Paper-Thin Near-Eye Displays},
  author = {Akşit, Kaan and Itoh, Yuta},
  booktitle = {2023 IEEE Conference Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (VR)},
  pages = {581--591},
  year = {2023},
  month = mar,
  language = {en},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1109/VR55154.2023.00073},
  presentation = {https://youtu.be/dDs0rAXX2yk},
}

IEEE VR

Realistic Defocus Blur for Multiplane Computer-Generated Holography

Koray Kavaklı, Yuta Itoh, Hakan Urey, and Kaan Akşit

IEEE VR 2023, Mar 2023

@article{kavakli2023realistic,
  title = {Realistic Defocus Blur for Multiplane Computer-Generated Holography},
  author = {Kavakl{\i}, Koray and Itoh, Yuta and Urey, Hakan and Akşit, Kaan},
  journal = {IEEE VR 2023},
  year = {2023},
  month = mar,
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1109/VR55154.2023.00057},
  presentation = {https://youtu.be/Y5CQvtoOggU},
}

SPIE PW

Mitigating edge fringe effects in multiplane holography

Koray Kavaklı, Kaan Akşit, Yuta Itoh, and Hakan Urey

In Optical Architectures for Displays and Sensing in Augmented, Virtual, and Mixed Reality (AR, VR, MR) IV, Feb 2023

@inproceedings{kavakli2023mitigating,
  title = {Mitigating edge fringe effects in multiplane holography},
  author = {Kavaklı, Koray and Akşit, Kaan and Itoh, Yuta and Urey, Hakan},
  booktitle = {Optical Architectures for Displays and Sensing in Augmented, Virtual, and Mixed Reality (AR, VR, MR) IV},
  volume = {12449},
  pages = {124491R},
  year = {2023},
  month = feb,
  organization = {SPIE}
}

SPIE PW

Flexible modeling of next-generation displays using a differentiable toolkit

Kaan Akşit, and Koray Kavaklı

In Practical Holography XXXVII: Displays, Materials, and Applications, Feb 2023

@inproceedings{akcsit2023flexible,
  title = {Flexible modeling of next-generation displays using a differentiable toolkit},
  author = {Akşit, Kaan and Kavaklı, Koray},
  booktitle = {Practical Holography XXXVII: Displays, Materials, and Applications},
  volume = {12445},
  pages = {131--132},
  year = {2023},
  month = feb,
  organization = {SPIE}
}

2022

Optics Express

Unrolled Primal-Dual Networks for Lensless Cameras

Oliver Kingshott, Nick Antipa, Emrah Bostan, and Kaan Akşit

Optics Express, Dec 2022

@article{kingshott2022unrolled,
  title = {Unrolled Primal-Dual Networks for Lensless Cameras},
  author = {Kingshott, Oliver and Antipa, Nick and Bostan, Emrah and Akşit, Kaan},
  journal = {Optics Express},
  year = {2022},
  month = dec,
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.475521},
}

IEEE TVCG

Metameric inpainting for image warping

Rafael Kuffner Dos Anjos, David R Walton, Kaan Akşit, Sebastian Friston, David Swapp, Anthony Steed, and Tobias Ritschel

IEEE Trans. Vis. Comput. Graph., Oct 2022

@article{Kuffner_Dos_Anjos2022-hm,
  title = {Metameric inpainting for image warping},
  author = {Dos Anjos, Rafael Kuffner and Walton, David R and Akşit, Kaan and Friston, Sebastian and Swapp, David and Steed, Anthony and Ritschel, Tobias},
  journal = {IEEE Trans. Vis. Comput. Graph.},
  volume = {PP},
  month = oct,
  year = {2022},
  language = {en},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1109/tvcg.2022.3216712}
}

Optica

Introduction to Odak: a Differentiable Toolkit for Optical Sciences, Vision Sciences and Computer Graphics

Koray Kavaklı, and Kaan Akşit

In Frontiers in Optics, Oct 2022

@inproceedings{kavakli2022introduction,
  title = {Introduction to Odak: a Differentiable Toolkit for Optical Sciences, Vision Sciences and Computer Graphics},
  author = {Kavakl{\i}, Koray and Akşit, Kaan},
  booktitle = {Frontiers in Optics},
  pages = {FTu1A--1},
  year = {2022},
  month = oct,
  organization = {Optica Publishing Group}
}

Optimizing vision and visuals: lectures on cameras, displays and perception

Koray Kavaklı, David Robert Walton, Nick Antipa, Rafał Mantiuk, Douglas Lanman, and Kaan Akşit

ACM SIGGRAPH 2022, Aug 2022

@article{kavakli2022optimizing,
  title = {Optimizing vision and visuals: lectures on cameras, displays and perception},
  author = {Kavaklı, Koray and Walton, David Robert and Antipa, Nick and Mantiuk, Rafał and Lanman, Douglas and Akşit, Kaan},
  journal = {ACM SIGGRAPH 2022},
  booktitle = {ACM SIGGRAPH 2022 Courses},
  pages = {1--66},
  month = aug,
  year = {2022},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3532720.3535650},
}

LIM

Perceptually guided Computer-Generated Holography

Kaan Akşit

In London Imaging Meeting 2022, Aug 2022

@inproceedings{aksit2022perceptually2,
  title = {Perceptually guided Computer-Generated Holography},
  author = {Akşit, Kaan},
  booktitle = {London Imaging Meeting 2022},
  month = aug,
  year = {2022},
}

SIGCHI

Telelife: A vision of remote living in 2035

Kenan Bektaş , Jeeeun Kim, Huaishu Peng, Kiyoshi Kiyokawa, Anthony Steed, Tobias Höllerer, Nataliya Kos’myna, Misha Sra, Jason Orlosky, and Kaan Akşit

In Extended Abstracts of the 2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI, Apr 2022

@inproceedings{bektacs2022telelife,
  title = {Telelife: A vision of remote living in 2035},
  author = {Bekta{\c{s}}, Kenan and Kim, Jeeeun and Peng, Huaishu and Kiyokawa, Kiyoshi and Steed, Anthony and H{\"o}llerer, Tobias and Kos’myna, Nataliya and Sra, Misha and Orlosky, Jason and Akşit, Kaan},
  booktitle = {Extended Abstracts of the 2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI},
  volume = {22},
  month = apr,
  year = {2022},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3491101.3516505}
}

IEEE VR

Metameric Varifocal Holograms

David R Walton, Koray Kavaklı, Rafael Kuffner Dos Anjos, David Swapp, Tim Weyrich, Hakan Urey, Anthony Steed, Tobias Ritschel, and Kaan Akşit

In 2022 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (VR), Mar 2022

@inproceedings{walton2022metameric,
  title = {Metameric Varifocal Holograms},
  author = {Walton, David R and Kavakl{\i}, Koray and Dos Anjos, Rafael Kuffner and Swapp, David and Weyrich, Tim and Urey, Hakan and Steed, Anthony and Ritschel, Tobias and Akşit, Kaan},
  booktitle = {2022 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (VR)},
  pages = {746--755},
  month = mar,
  year = {2022},
  organization = {IEEE},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1109/VR51125.2022.00096}
}

Applied Optics

Learned holographic light transport

Koray Kavaklı, Hakan Urey, and Kaan Akşit

Applied Optics, Feb 2022

Invited

@article{kavakli2022learned,
  title = {Learned holographic light transport},
  author = {Kavakl{\i}, Koray and Urey, Hakan and Akşit, Kaan},
  journal = {Applied Optics},
  volume = {61},
  number = {5},
  month = feb,
  pages = {B50--B55},
  year = {2022},
  publisher = {Optical Society of America},
  dataset = {https://rdr.ucl.ac.uk/articles/dataset/Phase-only_holograms_and_captured_photographs/15087867},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.439401}
}

SPIE PW

Beaming displays: towards displayless augmented reality near-eye displays

Kaan Akşit, Yuta Itoh, and Takumi Kaminokado

In AI and Optical Data Sciences III, Jan 2022

@inproceedings{aksit2022beaming,
  title = {Beaming displays: towards displayless augmented reality near-eye displays},
  author = {Akşit, Kaan and Itoh, Yuta and Kaminokado, Takumi},
  booktitle = {AI and Optical Data Sciences III},
  volume = {12019},
  pages = {34--37},
  month = jan,
  year = {2022},
  organization = {SPIE},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2610285}
}

SPIE PW

Perceptually guided computer-generated holography

Kaan Akşit, Koray Kavaklı, David Walton, Anthony Steed, Hakan Urey, Rafael Kuffner Dos Anjos, Sebastian Friston, Tim Weyrich, and Tobias Ritschel

In Advances in Display Technologies XII, Jan 2022

@inproceedings{aksit2022perceptually,
  title = {Perceptually guided computer-generated holography},
  author = {Akşit, Kaan and Kavaklı, Koray and Walton, David and Steed, Anthony and Urey, Hakan and Dos Anjos, Rafael Kuffner and Friston, Sebastian and Weyrich, Tim and Ritschel, Tobias},
  booktitle = {Advances in Display Technologies XII},
  volume = {12024},
  pages = {11--14},
  year = {2022},
  month = jan,
  organization = {SPIE},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2610251}
}

2021

SIGGRAPH

Beyond blur: Real-time ventral metamers for foveated rendering

David R Walton, Rafael Kuffner Dos Anjos, Sebastian Friston, David Swapp, Kaan Akşit, Anthony Steed, and Tobias Ritschel

ACM Transactions on Graphics, Aug 2021

@article{walton2021beyond,
  title = {Beyond blur: Real-time ventral metamers for foveated rendering},
  author = {Walton, David R and Dos Anjos, Rafael Kuffner and Friston, Sebastian and Swapp, David and Akşit, Kaan and Steed, Anthony and Ritschel, Tobias},
  journal = {ACM Transactions on Graphics},
  month = aug,
  volume = {40},
  number = {4},
  pages = {1--14},
  year = {2021},
  publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3450626.3459943}
}

ACM UIST

Sensicut: Material-aware laser cutting using speckle sensing and deep learning

Mustafa Doga Dogan, Steven Vidal Acevedo Colon, Varnika Sinha, Kaan Akşit, and Stefanie Mueller

In The 34th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, Aug 2021

@inproceedings{dogan2021sensicut,
  title = {Sensicut: Material-aware laser cutting using speckle sensing and deep learning},
  author = {Dogan, Mustafa Doga and Acevedo Colon, Steven Vidal and Sinha, Varnika and Akşit, Kaan and Mueller, Stefanie},
  booktitle = {The 34th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology},
  pages = {24--38},
  year = {2021},
  presentation = {https://youtu.be/fxD5GEMQ8kk},
  dataset = {https://www.kaggle.com/dogadgn/sensicut-speckle-patterns},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3472749.3474733}
}

IEEE VR

Beaming displays

Yuta Itoh, Takumi Kaminokado, and Kaan Akşit

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, Mar 2021

Best paper nominee

@article{itoh2021beaming,
  title = {Beaming displays},
  author = {Itoh, Yuta and Kaminokado, Takumi and Ak{\c{s}}it, Kaan},
  journal = {IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics},
  volume = {27},
  number = {5},
  pages = {2659--2668},
  month = mar,
  year = {2021},
  publisher = {IEEE},
  presentation = {https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0nY4_cauZY},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1109/TVCG.2021.3067764}
}

US Patent

Driver gaze tracking system for use in vehicles

Eric Whitmire, Kaan Akşit, Michael Stengel, Jan Kautz, David Luebke, and Ben Boudaoud

Mar 2021

US Patent App. 16/578,077

@misc{whitmire2021driver,
  title = {Driver gaze tracking system for use in vehicles},
  author = {Whitmire, Eric and Akşit, Kaan and Stengel, Michael and Kautz, Jan and Luebke, David and Boudaoud, Ben},
  year = {2021},
  month = mar,
  publisher = {Google Patents},
  note = {US Patent App. 16/578,077}
}

Frontiers in Virtual Reality

Telelife: The Future of Remote Living

Jason Orlosky, Misha Sra, Kenan Bektaş, Huaishu Peng , Jeeeun Kim, Nataliya Kos’myna, Tobias Höllerer, Anthony Steed, Kiyoshi Kiyokawa, and Kaan Akşit

Frontiers in Virtual Reality, Mar 2021

@article{10.3389/frvir.2021.763340,
  author = {Orlosky, Jason and Sra, Misha and Bektaş, Kenan and Peng, Huaishu and Kim, Jeeeun and Kos’myna, Nataliya and Höllerer, Tobias and Steed, Anthony and Kiyokawa, Kiyoshi and Akşit, Kaan},
  title = {Telelife: The Future of Remote Living},
  journal = {Frontiers in Virtual Reality},
  volume = {2},
  year = {2021},
  url = {https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frvir.2021.763340},
  issn = {2673-4192},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.3389/frvir.2021.763340}
}

Optica

Towards Remote Pixelless Displays

Kaan Akşit

In Digital Holography and Three-Dimensional Imaging, Mar 2021

@inproceedings{akcsit2021towards,
  title = {Towards Remote Pixelless Displays},
  author = {Akşit, Kaan},
  booktitle = {Digital Holography and Three-Dimensional Imaging},
  pages = {DW4B--1},
  year = {2021},
  organization = {Optical Society of America},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1364/DH.2021.DW4B.1}
}

US Patent

Method and apparatus for spatiotemporal enhancement of patch scanning displays

Kaan Akşit

Aug 2021

US Patent 11,100,830

@misc{aksit2021methodpatch,
  title = {Method and apparatus for spatiotemporal enhancement of patch scanning displays},
  author = {Akşit, Kaan},
  year = {2021},
  month = aug,
  publisher = {Google Patents},
  note = {US Patent 11,100,830}
}

2020

Optics Express

Patch scanning displays: spatiotemporal enhancement for displays

Kaan Akşit

Optics express, Aug 2020

@article{akcsit2020patch,
  title = {Patch scanning displays: spatiotemporal enhancement for displays},
  author = {Akşit, Kaan},
  journal = {Optics express},
  volume = {28},
  number = {2},
  pages = {2107--2121},
  year = {2020},
  publisher = {Optical Society of America},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.380858}
}

IEEE VR

Toward standardized classification of foveated displays

Josef Spjut, Ben Boudaoud, Jonghyun Kim, Trey Greer, Rachel Albert, Michael Stengel, Kaan Akşit, and David Luebke

IEEE transactions on visualization and computer graphics, Aug 2020

@article{spjut2020toward,
  title = {Toward standardized classification of foveated displays},
  author = {Spjut, Josef and Boudaoud, Ben and Kim, Jonghyun and Greer, Trey and Albert, Rachel and Stengel, Michael and Akşit, Kaan and Luebke, David},
  journal = {IEEE transactions on visualization and computer graphics},
  volume = {26},
  number = {5},
  pages = {2126--2134},
  year = {2020},
  publisher = {IEEE},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1109/TVCG.2020.2973053}
}

arxiv

Gaze-sensing leds for head mounted displays

Kaan Akşit, Jan Kautz, and David Luebke

arXiv preprint arXiv:2003.08499, Aug 2020

@article{akcsit2020gaze,
  title = {Gaze-sensing leds for head mounted displays},
  author = {Akşit, Kaan and Kautz, Jan and Luebke, David},
  journal = {arXiv preprint arXiv:2003.08499},
  year = {2020},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2003.08499}
}

US Patent

Computational blur for varifocal displays

Morgan McGuire, Kaan Akşit , Pete Shirley, and David Luebke

Jun 2020

US Patent 10,699,383

@misc{mcguire2020computational,
  title = {Computational blur for varifocal displays},
  author = {McGuire, Morgan and Akşit, Kaan and Shirley, Pete and Luebke, David},
  year = {2020},
  month = jun,
  publisher = {Google Patents},
  note = {US Patent 10,699,383}
}

IEEE ISMAR

Optical gaze tracking with spatially-sparse single-pixel detectors

Richard Li, Eric Whitmire, Michael Stengel, Ben Boudaoud, Jan Kautz, David Luebke, Shwetak Patel, and Kaan Akşit

In 2020 IEEE international symposium on mixed and augmented reality (ISMAR), Jun 2020

@inproceedings{li2020optical,
  title = {Optical gaze tracking with spatially-sparse single-pixel detectors},
  author = {Li, Richard and Whitmire, Eric and Stengel, Michael and Boudaoud, Ben and Kautz, Jan and Luebke, David and Patel, Shwetak and Akşit, Kaan},
  booktitle = {2020 IEEE international symposium on mixed and augmented reality (ISMAR)},
  pages = {117--126},
  year = {2020},
  organization = {IEEE},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1109/ISMAR50242.2020.00033}
}

US Patent

Gaze tracking system for use in head mounted displays

Eric Whitmire, Kaan Akşit, Michael Stengel, Jan Kautz, David Luebke, and Ben Boudaoud

Nov 2020

US Patent 10,838,492

@misc{whitmire2020gaze,
  title = {Gaze tracking system for use in head mounted displays},
  author = {Whitmire, Eric and Akşit, Kaan and Stengel, Michael and Kautz, Jan and Luebke, David and Boudaoud, Ben},
  year = {2020},
  month = nov,
  publisher = {Google Patents},
  note = {US Patent 10,838,492}
}

2019

IEEE VR

Manufacturing application-driven foveated near-eye displays

Kaan Akşit, Praneeth Chakravarthula, Kishore Rathinavel, Youngmo Jeong, Rachel Albert, Henry Fuchs, and David Luebke

IEEE transactions on visualization and computer graphics, Nov 2019

Best paper nominee

@article{akcsit2019manufacturing,
  title = {Manufacturing application-driven foveated near-eye displays},
  author = {Akşit, Kaan and Chakravarthula, Praneeth and Rathinavel, Kishore and Jeong, Youngmo and Albert, Rachel and Fuchs, Henry and Luebke, David},
  journal = {IEEE transactions on visualization and computer graphics},
  volume = {25},
  number = {5},
  pages = {1928--1939},
  year = {2019},
  publisher = {IEEE},
  presentation = {https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYWjqPeMSw8},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1109/TVCG.2019.2898781}
}

IEEE VR

RetroTracker: Upgrading Existing Virtual Reality Tracking Systems

Kylee M Krzanich, Eric Whitmire, Michael Stengel, Michael Kass, Kaan Akşit, and David Luebke

In 2019 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (VR), Nov 2019

@inproceedings{krzanich2019retrotracker,
  title = {RetroTracker: Upgrading Existing Virtual Reality Tracking Systems},
  author = {Krzanich, Kylee M and Whitmire, Eric and Stengel, Michael and Kass, Michael and Akşit, Kaan and Luebke, David},
  booktitle = {2019 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (VR)},
  pages = {1034--1035},
  year = {2019},
  organization = {IEEE},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1109/VR.2019.8798220}
}

Eurographics

Near-eye display and tracking technologies for virtual and augmented reality

George Alex Koulieris, Kaan Akşit, Michael Stengel, Rafał K Mantiuk, Katerina Mania, and Christian Richardt

In Computer Graphics Forum, Nov 2019

@inproceedings{koulieris2019near,
  title = {Near-eye display and tracking technologies for virtual and augmented reality},
  author = {Koulieris, George Alex and Akşit, Kaan and Stengel, Michael and Mantiuk, Rafa{\l} K and Mania, Katerina and Richardt, Christian},
  booktitle = {Computer Graphics Forum},
  volume = {38},
  number = {2},
  pages = {493--519},
  year = {2019},
  organization = {Wiley Online Library},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1111/cgf.13654}
}

US Patent

Catadioptric on-axis virtual/augmented reality glasses system and method

Kaan Akşit, and David Patrick Luebke

Jun 2019

US Patent 10,317,678

@misc{aksit2019catadioptric,
  title = {Catadioptric on-axis virtual/augmented reality glasses system and method},
  author = {Akşit, Kaan and Luebke, David Patrick},
  year = {2019},
  month = jun,
  publisher = {Google Patents},
  note = {US Patent 10,317,678}
}

SIGGRAPH

Foveated AR: dynamically-foveated augmented reality display.

Jonghyun Kim, Youngmo Jeong, Michael Stengel, Kaan Akşit, Rachel A Albert, Ben Boudaoud, Trey Greer , Joohwan Kim, Ward Lopes, Zander Majercik, and others

ACM Trans. Graph., Jun 2019

@article{kim2019foveated,
  title = {Foveated AR: dynamically-foveated augmented reality display.},
  author = {Kim, Jonghyun and Jeong, Youngmo and Stengel, Michael and Akşit, Kaan and Albert, Rachel A and Boudaoud, Ben and Greer, Trey and Kim, Joohwan and Lopes, Ward and Majercik, Zander and others},
  journal = {ACM Trans. Graph.},
  volume = {38},
  number = {4},
  pages = {99--1},
  year = {2019},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3306346.3322987}
}

SIGGRAPH

Matching prescription & visual acuity: Towards ar for humans

Jonghyun Kim, Michael Stengel, Jui-Yi Wu, Ben Boudaoud, Josef Spjut, Kaan Akşit, Rachel Albert, Trey Greer, Youngmo Jeong, Ward Lopes, and others

In ACM SIGGRAPH 2019 Emerging Technologies, Jun 2019

Emerging technologies best in show award

@incollection{kim2019matching,
  title = {Matching prescription \& visual acuity: Towards ar for humans},
  author = {Kim, Jonghyun and Stengel, Michael and Wu, Jui-Yi and Boudaoud, Ben and Spjut, Josef and Akşit, Kaan and Albert, Rachel and Greer, Trey and Jeong, Youngmo and Lopes, Ward and others},
  booktitle = {ACM SIGGRAPH 2019 Emerging Technologies},
  pages = {1--2},
  year = {2019},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3305367.3327978}
}

US patent

Holographic reflective slim virtual/augmented reality display system and method

Jonghyun Kim, Kaan Akşit, Ward Lopes, and David Patrick Luebke

Sep 2019

US Patent 10,401,623

@misc{kim2019holographic,
  title = {Holographic reflective slim virtual/augmented reality display system and method},
  author = {Kim, Jonghyun and Akşit, Kaan and Lopes, Ward and Luebke, David Patrick},
  year = {2019},
  month = sep,
  publisher = {Google Patents},
  note = {US Patent 10,401,623}
}

US patent

System and method for foveated image generation using an optical combiner

Ward Lopes, and Kaan Akşit

Nov 2019

US Patent 10,481,684

@misc{lopes2019system,
  title = {System and method for foveated image generation using an optical combiner},
  author = {Lopes, Ward and Akşit, Kaan},
  year = {2019},
  month = nov,
  publisher = {Google Patents},
  note = {US Patent 10,481,684}
}

2018

IEEE VR

Cutting-edge VR/AR display technologies (gaze-, accommodation-, motion-aware and HDR-enabled)

George-Alex Koulieris, Kaan Akşit, Christian Richardt, Rafał Mantiuk, and Katerina Mania

In IEEE VR 2018-25th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, Nov 2018

@inproceedings{koulieris2018cutting,
  title = {Cutting-edge VR/AR display technologies (gaze-, accommodation-, motion-aware and HDR-enabled)},
  author = {Koulieris, George-Alex and Akşit, Kaan and Richardt, Christian and Mantiuk, Rafa{\l} and Mania, Katerina},
  booktitle = {IEEE VR 2018-25th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces},
  year = {2018},
  web = {https://vrdisplays.github.io/ieeevr2018/}
}

Cutting-edge VR/AR display technologies (gaze-, accommodation-, motion-aware and HDR-enabled)

George-Alex Koulieris, Kaan Akşit, Christian Richardt, and Rafał Mantiuk

In SIGGRAPH Asia 2018 Courses, Nov 2018

SID

10-1: Towards Varifocal Augmented Reality Displays using Deformable Beamsplitter Membranes

David Dunn, Praneeth Chakravarthula, Qian Dong, Kaan Akşit, and Henry Fuchs

In SID Symposium Digest of Technical Papers, Nov 2018

@inproceedings{dunn201810,
  title = {10-1: Towards Varifocal Augmented Reality Displays using Deformable Beamsplitter Membranes},
  author = {Dunn, David and Chakravarthula, Praneeth and Dong, Qian and Akşit, Kaan and Fuchs, Henry},
  booktitle = {SID Symposium Digest of Technical Papers},
  volume = {49},
  number = {1},
  pages = {92--95},
  year = {2018},
  organization = {Wiley Online Library},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1002/sdtp.12490}
}

US Patent

Electro-stimulation Device

Yusuf Ozgur Cakmak, Hakan Urey, Selim Ölçer, and Kaan Akşit

Dec 2018

US Patent 9855426B2

@misc{cakmak2018electro,
  title = {Electro-stimulation Device},
  author = {Cakmak, Yusuf Ozgur and Urey, Hakan and Ölçer, Selim and Akşit, Kaan},
  year = {2018},
  month = dec,
  publisher = {Google Patents},
  note = {US Patent 9855426B2}
}

SIGGRAPH

Steerable application-adaptive near eye displays

Kishore Rathinavel, Praneeth Chakravarthula, Kaan Akşit, Josef Spjut, Ben Boudaoud, Turner Whitted, David Luebke, and Henry Fuchs

In ACM SIGGRAPH 2018 Emerging Technologies, Dec 2018

Emerging Technology Best in Show Award

@incollection{rathinavel2018steerable,
  title = {Steerable application-adaptive near eye displays},
  author = {Rathinavel, Kishore and Chakravarthula, Praneeth and Akşit, Kaan and Spjut, Josef and Boudaoud, Ben and Whitted, Turner and Luebke, David and Fuchs, Henry},
  booktitle = {ACM SIGGRAPH 2018 Emerging Technologies},
  pages = {1--2},
  year = {2018},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3214907.3214911}
}

IEEE ISMAR

Focusar: Auto-focus augmented reality eyeglasses for both real world and virtual imagery

Praneeth Chakravarthula, David Dunn, Kaan Akşit, and Henry Fuchs

IEEE transactions on visualization and computer graphics, Dec 2018

Best paper award

@article{chakravarthula2018focusar,
  title = {Focusar: Auto-focus augmented reality eyeglasses for both real world and virtual imagery},
  author = {Chakravarthula, Praneeth and Dunn, David and Akşit, Kaan and Fuchs, Henry},
  journal = {IEEE transactions on visualization and computer graphics},
  volume = {24},
  number = {11},
  pages = {2906--2916},
  year = {2018},
  publisher = {IEEE},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1109/TVCG.2018.2868532}
}

US Patent

Holographic reflective slim virtual/augmented reality display system and method

Jonghyun Kim, Kaan Akşit, Ward Lopes, and David Patrick Luebke

Dec 2018

US Patent 10,151,924

@misc{kim2018holographic,
  title = {Holographic reflective slim virtual/augmented reality display system and method},
  author = {Kim, Jonghyun and Akşit, Kaan and Lopes, Ward and Luebke, David Patrick},
  year = {2018},
  month = dec,
  publisher = {Google Patents},
  note = {US Patent 10,151,924}
}

2017

IEEE VR

Wide field of view varifocal near-eye display using see-through deformable membrane mirrors

David Dunn, Cary Tippets, Kent Torell, Petr Kellnhofer, Kaan Akşit, Piotr Didyk, Karol Myszkowski, David Luebke, and Henry Fuchs

IEEE transactions on visualization and computer graphics, Dec 2017

Best Paper Award

@article{dunn2017wide,
  title = {Wide field of view varifocal near-eye display using see-through deformable membrane mirrors},
  author = {Dunn, David and Tippets, Cary and Torell, Kent and Kellnhofer, Petr and Akşit, Kaan and Didyk, Piotr and Myszkowski, Karol and Luebke, David and Fuchs, Henry},
  journal = {IEEE transactions on visualization and computer graphics},
  volume = {23},
  number = {4},
  pages = {1322--1331},
  year = {2017},
  publisher = {IEEE},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1109/TVCG.2017.2657058},
}

Optica 3DIAD

Computational Displays for Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality Applications

Kaan Akşit

In 3D Image Acquisition and Display: Technology, Perception and Applications, Dec 2017

@inproceedings{aksit2017computational,
  title = {Computational Displays for Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality Applications},
  author = {Akşit, Kaan},
  booktitle = {3D Image Acquisition and Display: Technology, Perception and Applications},
  pages = {DTu4F--1},
  year = {2017},
  organization = {Optica Publishing Group},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1364/3D.2017.DTu4F.1}
}

SIGGRAPH

Varifocal virtuality: a novel optical layout for near-eye display

Kaan Akşit, Ward Lopes, Jonghyun Kim, Josef Spjut, Anjul Patney, Peter Shirley, David Luebke, Steven A Cholewiak, Pratul Srinivasan, Ren Ng, and others

In ACM SIGGRAPH 2017 Emerging Technologies, Dec 2017

@incollection{akcsit2017varifocal,
  title = {Varifocal virtuality: a novel optical layout for near-eye display},
  author = {Akşit, Kaan and Lopes, Ward and Kim, Jonghyun and Spjut, Josef and Patney, Anjul and Shirley, Peter and Luebke, David and Cholewiak, Steven A and Srinivasan, Pratul and Ng, Ren and others},
  booktitle = {ACM SIGGRAPH 2017 Emerging Technologies},
  pages = {1--2},
  year = {2017},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3084822.3084829}
}

SIGGRAPH

Membrane AR: varifocal, wide field of view augmented reality display from deformable membranes

David Dunn, Cary Tippets, Kent Torell, Henry Fuchs, Petr Kellnhofer, Karol Myszkowski, Piotr Didyk, Kaan Akşit, and David Luebke

In ACM SIGGRAPH 2017 Emerging Technologies, Dec 2017

Emerging Technologies DCEXPO Special Prize

@incollection{dunn2017membrane,
  title = {Membrane AR: varifocal, wide field of view augmented reality display from deformable membranes},
  author = {Dunn, David and Tippets, Cary and Torell, Kent and Fuchs, Henry and Kellnhofer, Petr and Myszkowski, Karol and Didyk, Piotr and Akşit, Kaan and Luebke, David},
  booktitle = {ACM SIGGRAPH 2017 Emerging Technologies},
  pages = {1--2},
  year = {2017},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3084822.3084846}
}

SIGGRAPH

Near-eye varifocal augmented reality display using see-through screens

Kaan Akşit, Ward Lopes, Jonghyun Kim, Peter Shirley, and David Luebke

ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG), Dec 2017

@article{akcsit2017near,
  title = {Near-eye varifocal augmented reality display using see-through screens},
  author = {Akşit, Kaan and Lopes, Ward and Kim, Jonghyun and Shirley, Peter and Luebke, David},
  journal = {ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG)},
  volume = {36},
  number = {6},
  pages = {1--13},
  year = {2017},
  publisher = {ACM New York, NY, USA},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3130800.3130892}
}

2015

SID

Head tracked retroreflecting 3D display

Phil Surman, Sally Day, Xianzi Liu, Joshua Benjamin, Hakan Urey, and Kaan Akşit

Journal of the Society for Information Display, Dec 2015

@article{surman2015head,
  title = {Head tracked retroreflecting 3D display},
  author = {Surman, Phil and Day, Sally and Liu, Xianzi and Benjamin, Joshua and Urey, Hakan and Akşit, Kaan},
  journal = {Journal of the Society for Information Display},
  volume = {23},
  number = {2},
  pages = {56--68},
  year = {2015},
  publisher = {Wiley Online Library},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1002/jsid.295}
}

Applied Optics

Slim near-eye display using pinhole aperture arrays

Kaan Akşit, Jan Kautz, and David Luebke

Applied optics, Dec 2015

@article{akcsit2015slim,
  title = {Slim near-eye display using pinhole aperture arrays},
  author = {Akşit, Kaan and Kautz, Jan and Luebke, David},
  journal = {Applied optics},
  volume = {54},
  number = {11},
  pages = {3422--3427},
  year = {2015},
  publisher = {Optica Publishing Group},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.54.003422}
}

Head-mounted mixed reality projection display for games production and entertainment

Daniel Kade, Kaan Akşit, Hakan Urey, and Oğuzhan Özcan

Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, Dec 2015

@article{kade2015head,
  title = {Head-mounted mixed reality projection display for games production and entertainment},
  author = {Kade, Daniel and Akşit, Kaan and Urey, Hakan and {\"O}zcan, O{\u{g}}uzhan},
  journal = {Personal and Ubiquitous Computing},
  volume = {19},
  number = {3},
  pages = {509--521},
  year = {2015},
  publisher = {Springer},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/s00779-015-0847-y}
}

2014

IEEE Globecom

From sound to sight: Using audio processing to enable visible light communication

Stefan Schmid, Daniel Schwyn, Kaan Akşit, Giorgio Corbellini, Thomas R Gross, and Stefan Mangold

In 2014 IEEE Globecom Workshops (GC Wkshps), Dec 2014

@inproceedings{schmid2014sound,
  title = {From sound to sight: Using audio processing to enable visible light communication},
  author = {Schmid, Stefan and Schwyn, Daniel and Akşit, Kaan and Corbellini, Giorgio and Gross, Thomas R and Mangold, Stefan},
  booktitle = {2014 IEEE Globecom Workshops (GC Wkshps)},
  pages = {518--523},
  year = {2014},
  organization = {IEEE},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1109/GLOCOMW.2014.7063484}
}

SID

56.6 L: Late-News Paper: Modular Multi-Projection Multi-View Autostereoscopic Display using MEMS Laser Projectors

Kaan Akşit, Selim Ölçer, and Hakan Urey

In SID Symposium Digest of Technical Papers, Dec 2014

@inproceedings{akcsit201456,
  title = {56.6 L: Late-News Paper: Modular Multi-Projection Multi-View Autostereoscopic Display using MEMS Laser Projectors},
  author = {Akşit, Kaan and Ölçer, Selim and Urey, Hakan},
  booktitle = {SID Symposium Digest of Technical Papers},
  volume = {45},
  number = {1},
  pages = {828--831},
  year = {2014},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1002/j.2168-0159.2014.tb00218.x},
  organization = {Wiley Online Library}
}

SID

P-187L: Late-News Poster: Improved 3D with Super Stereoscopy Technique

Kaan Akşit, Amir Hossein Ghanbari Niaki, and Hakan Urey

In SID Symposium Digest of Technical Papers, Dec 2014

@inproceedings{akcsit2014p,
  title = {P-187L: Late-News Poster: Improved 3D with Super Stereoscopy Technique},
  author = {Akşit, Kaan and Niaki, Amir Hossein Ghanbari and Urey, Hakan},
  booktitle = {SID Symposium Digest of Technical Papers},
  volume = {45},
  month = dec,
  number = {1},
  pages = {1067--1069},
  year = {2014},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1002/j.2168-0159.2014.tb00277.x},
  organization = {Wiley Online Library}
}

PhD thesis

Next Generation 3D Display Applications using Laser Scanning Pico Projectors

Kaan Akşit

Available at SSRN 3698405, Dec 2014

@article{akcsit2014next,
  title = {Next Generation 3D Display Applications using Laser Scanning Pico Projectors},
  author = {Akşit, Kaan},
  journal = {Available at SSRN 3698405},
  year = {2014},
  doi = {https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3698405}
}

IEEE 3DTV

Super stereoscopy 3D glasses for more realistic 3D vision

Kaan Akşit, Amir Hossein Ghanbari Niaki, Osman Eldes, and Hakan Urey

In 2014 3DTV-Conference: The True Vision-Capture, Transmission and Display of 3D Video (3DTV-CON), Dec 2014

@inproceedings{akcsit2014super3d,
  title = {Super stereoscopy 3D glasses for more realistic 3D vision},
  author = {Akşit, Kaan and Niaki, Amir Hossein Ghanbari and Eldes, Osman and Urey, Hakan},
  booktitle = {2014 3DTV-Conference: The True Vision-Capture, Transmission and Display of 3D Video (3DTV-CON)},
  pages = {1--3},
  year = {2014},
  organization = {IEEE}
}

IEEE Comm

Connecting networks of toys and smartphones with visible light communication

Giorgio Corbellini, Kaan Akşit, Stefan Schmid, Stefan Mangold, and Thomas R Gross

IEEE communications magazine, Jul 2014

@article{corbellini2014connecting,
  title = {Connecting networks of toys and smartphones with visible light communication},
  author = {Corbellini, Giorgio and Akşit, Kaan and Schmid, Stefan and Mangold, Stefan and Gross, Thomas R},
  journal = {IEEE communications magazine},
  volume = {52},
  number = {7},
  pages = {72--78},
  month = jul,
  year = {2014},
  publisher = {IEEE},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1109/MCOM.2014.6852086}
}

ACM CACET

Head-worn mixed reality projection display application

Kaan Akşit, Daniel Kade, Oğuzhan Özcan, and Hakan Urey

In Proceedings of the 11th Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology, Nov 2014

@inproceedings{akcsit2014head,
  title = {Head-worn mixed reality projection display application},
  author = {Akşit, Kaan and Kade, Daniel and {\"O}zcan, O{\u{g}}uzhan and Urey, Hakan},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 11th Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology},
  pages = {1--9},
  month = nov,
  year = {2014},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1145/2663806.2663826}
}

Optics Letters

Super stereoscopy technique for comfortable and realistic 3D displays

Kaan Akşit, Amir Hossein Ghanbari Niaki, Erdem Ulusoy, and Hakan Urey

Optics letters, Nov 2014

@article{akcsit2014super,
  title = {Super stereoscopy technique for comfortable and realistic 3D displays},
  author = {Akşit, Kaan and Niaki, Amir Hossein Ghanbari and Ulusoy, Erdem and Urey, Hakan},
  journal = {Optics letters},
  volume = {39},
  number = {24},
  pages = {6903--6906},
  year = {2014},
  publisher = {Optica Publishing Group},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.39.006903}
}

2013

IEEE MEMS

MEMS scanners and emerging 3D and interactive augmented reality display applications

H Urey, S Holmstrom, U Baran, Kaan Akşit, MK Hedili, and O Eldes

In 2013 Transducers & Eurosensors XXVII: The 17th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems (TRANSDUCERS & EUROSENSORS XXVII), Nov 2013

@inproceedings{urey2013mems,
  title = {MEMS scanners and emerging 3D and interactive augmented reality display applications},
  author = {Urey, H and Holmstrom, S and Baran, U and Akşit, Kaan and Hedili, MK and Eldes, O},
  booktitle = {2013 Transducers \& Eurosensors XXVII: The 17th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems (TRANSDUCERS \& EUROSENSORS XXVII)},
  pages = {2485--2488},
  year = {2013},
  organization = {IEEE},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1109/Transducers.2013.6627310}
}

Optics Express

Dynamic exit pupil trackers for autostereoscopic displays

Kaan Akşit, Hadi Baghsiahi, Phil Surman, Selim Ölçer, Eero Willman, David R Selviah, Sally Day, and Hakan Urey

Optics express, Jun 2013

@article{akcsit2013dynamic,
  title = {Dynamic exit pupil trackers for autostereoscopic displays},
  author = {Akşit, Kaan and Baghsiahi, Hadi and Surman, Phil and Ölçer, Selim and Willman, Eero and Selviah, David R and Day, Sally and Urey, Hakan},
  journal = {Optics express},
  month = jun,
  volume = {21},
  number = {12},
  pages = {14331--14341},
  year = {2013},
  publisher = {Optica Publishing Group},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.21.014331}
}

SID

Paper No 15.1: Augmented Reality and 3D Displays Using Pico-Projectors

Kaan Akşit, Osman Eldes, M Kivanc Hedili, and Hakan Urey

In SID Symposium Digest of Technical Papers, Jun 2013

@inproceedings{aksit2013paper,
  title = {Paper No 15.1: Augmented Reality and 3D Displays Using Pico-Projectors},
  author = {Akşit, Kaan and Eldes, Osman and Hedili, M Kivanc and Urey, Hakan},
  booktitle = {SID Symposium Digest of Technical Papers},
  volume = {44},
  pages = {243--246},
  year = {2013},
  organization = {Wiley Online Library},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1002/sdtp.74}
}

SID

Paper No 15.2: Head-Tracked Retroreflecting 3D Display

Phil Surman, Sally Day, Bonny Boby , Hao Chen, Hakan Urey, and Kaan Akşit

In SID Symposium Digest of Technical Papers, Jun 2013

@inproceedings{surman2013paper,
  title = {Paper No 15.2: Head-Tracked Retroreflecting 3D Display},
  author = {Surman, Phil and Day, Sally and Boby, Bonny and Chen, Hao and Urey, Hakan and Akşit, Kaan},
  booktitle = {SID Symposium Digest of Technical Papers},
  volume = {44},
  pages = {247--250},
  year = {2013},
  organization = {Wiley Online Library},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1002/sdtp.73}
}

SID

Paper No 17.4: Auto-Stereoscopic Projection Display Using Rotating Screen

Osman Eldes, Kaan Akşit, and Hakan Urey

In SID Symposium Digest of Technical Papers, Jun 2013

@inproceedings{eldes2013paper,
  title = {Paper No 17.4: Auto-Stereoscopic Projection Display Using Rotating Screen},
  author = {Eldes, Osman and Akşit, Kaan and Urey, Hakan},
  booktitle = {SID Symposium Digest of Technical Papers},
  volume = {44},
  pages = {275--277},
  year = {2013},
  organization = {Wiley Online Library},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1002/sdtp.79}
}

IEEE 3DTV

Single and multi-user head tracked glasses-free 3D displays

Phil Surman, Sally Day, Kaan Akşit, Hakan Urey, Joshua Benjamin, Kuber Jain , and Hao Chen

In 2013 3DTV Vision Beyond Depth (3DTV-CON), Jun 2013

@inproceedings{surman2013single,
  title = {Single and multi-user head tracked glasses-free 3D displays},
  author = {Surman, Phil and Day, Sally and Akşit, Kaan and Urey, Hakan and Benjamin, Joshua and Jain, Kuber and Chen, Hao},
  booktitle = {2013 3DTV Vision Beyond Depth (3DTV-CON)},
  pages = {1--4},
  year = {2013},
  organization = {IEEE},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1109/3DTV.2013.6676654}
}

Optics Express

Multi-view autostereoscopic projection display using rotating screen

Osman Eldes, Kaan Akşit, and Hakan Urey

Optics Express, Nov 2013

Spotlight on Optics at Optica

@article{eldes2013multi,
  title = {Multi-view autostereoscopic projection display using rotating screen},
  author = {Eldes, Osman and Akşit, Kaan and Urey, Hakan},
  journal = {Optics Express},
  volume = {21},
  month = nov,
  number = {23},
  pages = {29043--29054},
  year = {2013},
  publisher = {Optica Publishing Group},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.21.029043}
}

2012

Optica Con.

Novel 3D displays using micro-optics and MEMS

H. Urey, Kaan Akşit, and O. Eldes

In International Conference on Fibre Optics and Photonics, Nov 2012

@inproceedings{urey2012novel,
  title = {Novel 3D displays using micro-optics and MEMS},
  author = {Urey, H. and Akşit, Kaan and Eldes, O.},
  booktitle = {International Conference on Fibre Optics and Photonics},
  year = {2012},
  organization = {Optical Society of America},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1364/PHOTONICS.2012.M2A.2}
}

JoDT

Portable 3D Laser Projector using Mixed Polarization Technique

Kaan Akşit, O. Eldes, S. Viswanathen, M. Freeman, and H. Urey

Journal of Display Technology, Sep 2012

Best 3D product award of International 3D Society (4th year)

@article{aksit2012portable,
  title = {{Portable 3D Laser Projector using Mixed Polarization Technique}},
  author = {Akşit, Kaan and Eldes, O. and Viswanathen, S. and Freeman, M. and Urey, H.},
  journal = {Journal of Display Technology},
  volume = {8},
  month = sep,
  pages = {582--589},
  year = {2012},
  publisher = {Optical Society of America},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1109/JDT.2012.2205664},
}

IMID

Multiple body tracking for interactive mobile projectors

Kaan Akşit, O Eldes, and Hakan Urey

In IMID2012 conference, 2012, SID/KIDS, Sep 2012

@inproceedings{akcsit2012multiple,
  title = {Multiple body tracking for interactive mobile projectors},
  author = {Akşit, Kaan and Eldes, O and Urey, Hakan},
  booktitle = {IMID2012 conference, 2012, SID/KIDS},
  year = {2012}
}

2011

SID

48.4: Beam Forming for a Laser Based Auto-stereoscopic Multi-Viewer Display

H. Baghsiahi, D.R. Selviah, E. Willman, A. Fernández, S.E. Day, Kaan Akşit, S. Ölçer, A. Mostafazadeh, E. Erden, V.C. Kishore, and others

In , Sep 2011

@inproceedings{baghsiahi201148,
  title = {{48.4: Beam Forming for a Laser Based Auto-stereoscopic Multi-Viewer Display}},
  author = {Baghsiahi, H. and Selviah, D.R. and Willman, E. and Fernández, A. and Day, S.E. and Akşit, Kaan and Ölçer, S. and Mostafazadeh, A. and Erden, E. and Kishore, V.C. and others},
  year = {2011},
  organization = {SID},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1889/1.3621421}
}

IEEE 3DTV

Light engine and optics for HELIUM3D auto-stereoscopic laser scanning display

Kaan Akşit, S. Ölçer, E. Erden, VC Kishore, H. Urey, E. Willman, H. Baghsiahi, S.E. Day, D.R. Selviah, Anı́bal Fernández, and others

In 3DTV Conference: The True Vision-Capture, Transmission and Display of 3D Video (3DTV-CON), Turkey, 2011, Sep 2011

@inproceedings{aksit2011light,
  title = {{Light engine and optics for HELIUM3D auto-stereoscopic laser scanning display}},
  author = {Akşit, Kaan and Ölçer, S. and Erden, E. and Kishore, VC and Urey, H. and Willman, E. and Baghsiahi, H. and Day, S.E. and Selviah, D.R. and Fernández, Anı́bal and others},
  booktitle = {3DTV Conference: The True Vision-Capture, Transmission and Display of 3D Video (3DTV-CON), Turkey, 2011},
  pages = {1--4},
  year = {2011},
  organization = {IEEE},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1109/3DTV.2011.5877226}
}

2010

Optics Express

Heart rate monitoring via remote photoplethysmography with motion artifacts reduction

Giovanni Cennini, Jeremie Arguel, Kaan Akşit, and Arno Leest

Optics Express, Mar 2010

@article{cennini2010heart,
  title = {{Heart rate monitoring via remote photoplethysmography with motion artifacts reduction}},
  author = {Cennini, Giovanni and Arguel, Jeremie and Akşit, Kaan and van Leest, Arno},
  journal = {Optics Express},
  month = mar,
  volume = {18},
  number = {5},
  pages = {4867--4875},
  year = {2010},
  publisher = {Optical Society of America},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.18.004867},
}