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Flexible artificial compound eye cameras for ultrawide continuous tracking in mixed reality.

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Authors: Heng Jiang1,2, Chi Chung Tsoi1,2, Yu Du3, Yao Chai1,2, Chi-hung Tang4, Lanrui Sun2, Weixing Yu5, Mengchao Ma6, Changrui Liao7,8, Huaping Jia1,2, Xuming Zhang1,2
ORCID iDs: Heng Jiang, Chi-hung Tang, Mengchao Ma, Changrui Liao, Huaping Jia, Xuming Zhang
  1. Photonics Research Institute (PRI), The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China
  2. Department of Applied Physics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China
  3. State Key Laboratory of Advanced Optical Communications System and Networks, School of Electronics, Peking University, Beijing, China
  4. Industrial Centre, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China
  5. Key Laboratory of Spectral Imaging Technology, Xi’an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi’an, China
  6. Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Measuring Theory and Precision Instrument, School of Instrument Science and Opto-Electronics Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, China
  7. Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Ultrafast Laser Micro/Nano Manufacturing, College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
  8. Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems of the Ministry of Education/Guangdong Province, College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
Institutions: Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Hong Kong SAR China); Peking University (China); Chinese Academy of Sciences (China); Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics (China); Hefei University of Technology (China); Shenzhen University (China)
Journal: Nature communications, volume 17, issue 1, article 7953
Dates: received 11 November 2025; accepted 11 June 2026; published online 24 June 2026
Type: Research article · Language: English
License: CC BY-NC-ND
Identifiers: DOI 10.1038/s41467-026-74635-3 · PMID 42342671 · PMCID PMC13448841 · OpenAlex W7165779649
Open access: gold, a free copy (OpenAlex)
Status: code on request
Categories: drosophila (organism), methods / tools (subfield)
Keywords: Fibre optics and optical communications, Imaging techniques, Imaging and sensing, Optoelectronic devices and components, Photonic devices
MeSH: Compound Eye, Arthropod*, Algorithms, Animals, Artificial Intelligence, Drosophila, Drosophila melanogaster, Vision, Ocular (* major topic)
Topic: Advanced Optical Imaging Technologies (Media Technology, Engineering), according to OpenAlex
Funding: Hong Kong Polytechnic University (1-CDJW, 1‐CDMA, 1-CD9Q, 1‐CDJ8, 1-W28S, 1‐CD4V, 1‐CD6U, 4-ZZVZ, 1‐CD8U); Medical Research Council; Division of Materials Research
Citations: not cited yet (Europe PMC); 42 references in the paper

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  • Funding: added Hong Kong Polytechnic University: 1-CDJW, 1‐CDMA, 1-CD9Q, 1‐CDJ8, 1-W28S, 1‐CD4V, 1‐CD6U, 4-ZZVZ, 1‐CD8U; Medical Research Council; Division of Materials Research

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Jiang, H., Tsoi, C. C., Du, Y., Chai, Y., Tang, C.-h., Sun, L., Yu, W., Ma, M., Liao, C., Jia, H., & Zhang, X. (2026). Flexible artificial compound eye cameras for ultrawide continuous tracking in mixed reality. Nature communications, 17(1), 7953. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-74635-3

BibTeX

@article{jiang2026flexible,
author = {Jiang, Heng and Tsoi, Chi Chung and Du, Yu and Chai, Yao and Tang, Chi-hung and Sun, Lanrui and Yu, Weixing and Ma, Mengchao and Liao, Changrui and Jia, Huaping and Zhang, Xuming},
title = {{Flexible artificial compound eye cameras for ultrawide continuous tracking in mixed reality}},
journal = {Nature communications},
year = {2026},
month = jun,
volume = {17},
number = {1},
pages = {7953},
publisher = {Nature Publishing Group},
issn = {2041-1723},
doi = {10.1038/s41467-026-74635-3},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-74635-3},
pmid = {42342671},
pmcid = {PMC13448841}
}

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AU - Sun, Lanrui
AU - Yu, Weixing
AU - Ma, Mengchao
AU - Liao, Changrui
AU - Jia, Huaping
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TI - Flexible artificial compound eye cameras for ultrawide continuous tracking in mixed reality
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J2 - Nat Commun
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/06/24
VL - 17
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SP - 7953
SN - 2041-1723
PB - Nature Publishing Group
DO - 10.1038/s41467-026-74635-3
UR - https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-74635-3
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