NTIRE 2026 Challenge on High-Resolution Depth of non-Lambertian Surfaces

This paper reports on the NTIRE 2026 challenge on HR Depth From images of Specular and Transparent surfaces, held in conjunction with the New Trends in Image Restoration and Enhancement (NTIRE) workshop at CVPR 2026. This challenge aims to advance the research on depth estimation, specifically to address two of the main open issues in the field: high-resolution and non-Lambertian surfaces. The challenge proposes two tracks on stereo and single-image depth estimation, attracting about 109 registered participants. In the final testing stage, 10 and 6 participating teams submitted their models and fact sheets for the two tracks.