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What if cameras only captured what matters?
Howard Xiao, Jan Ackermann, Boyang Deng, Gordon Wetzstein
June 1, 2026
High-resolution cameras generate too much data to process efficiently. This work trains a policy that dynamically decides where a dual-stream sensor should allocate its limited pixel budget during image capture—maintaining low-res context while high-res details go to regions the system predicts are relevant for the task. On multiple perception benchmarks and a real 200-megapixel camera, the approach matches baseline performance under strict bandwidth limits, closing the loop between sensing and task requirements.
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