3D mass digitization: a milestone for archeological documentation

In the heritage field, the demand for fast and efficient 3D digitization technologies for historic remains is increasing. Besides, 3D digitization has proved to be a promising approach to enable precise reconstructions of objects. Yet, unlike the digital acquisition of cultural goods in 2D widely us...

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Main Authors: Pedro Santos, Martin Ritz, Constanze Fuhrmann, Dieter Fellner
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Language:English
Published: Universitat Politècnica de València 2017-05-01
Series:Virtual Archaeology Review
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Online Access:https://polipapers.upv.es/index.php/var/article/view/6321
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description In the heritage field, the demand for fast and efficient 3D digitization technologies for historic remains is increasing. Besides, 3D digitization has proved to be a promising approach to enable precise reconstructions of objects. Yet, unlike the digital acquisition of cultural goods in 2D widely used today, 3D digitization often still requires a significant investment of time and money. To make it more widely available to heritage institutions, the Competence Center for Cultural Heritage Digitization at the Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics Research IGD has developed CultLab3D, the world’s first 3D mass digitization facility for collections of three-dimensional objects. CultLab3D is specifically designed to automate the entire 3D digitization process thus allowing to scan and archive objects on a large-scale. Moreover, scanning and lighting technologies are combined to capture the exact geometry, texture, and optical material properties of artefacts to produce highly accurate photo-realistic representations. The unique setup allows to shorten the time needed for digitization to several minutes per artefact instead of hours, as required by conventional 3D scanning methods.
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spelling doaj-art-12e04d48ba1a46bbb5acb3267af2138f2024-12-02T07:23:43ZengUniversitat Politècnica de ValènciaVirtual Archaeology Review1989-99472017-05-0181611110.4995/var.2017.632151383D mass digitization: a milestone for archeological documentationPedro Santos0Martin Ritz1Constanze Fuhrmann2Dieter Fellner3Fraunhofer IGDFraunhofer IGDFraunhofer IGDTU-Darmstadt Fraunhofer IGD TU-GrazIn the heritage field, the demand for fast and efficient 3D digitization technologies for historic remains is increasing. Besides, 3D digitization has proved to be a promising approach to enable precise reconstructions of objects. Yet, unlike the digital acquisition of cultural goods in 2D widely used today, 3D digitization often still requires a significant investment of time and money. To make it more widely available to heritage institutions, the Competence Center for Cultural Heritage Digitization at the Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics Research IGD has developed CultLab3D, the world’s first 3D mass digitization facility for collections of three-dimensional objects. CultLab3D is specifically designed to automate the entire 3D digitization process thus allowing to scan and archive objects on a large-scale. Moreover, scanning and lighting technologies are combined to capture the exact geometry, texture, and optical material properties of artefacts to produce highly accurate photo-realistic representations. The unique setup allows to shorten the time needed for digitization to several minutes per artefact instead of hours, as required by conventional 3D scanning methods.https://polipapers.upv.es/index.php/var/article/view/6321Fast and economic 3D digitizationcultural heritagedocumentation methodstechnological innovationindustrializationautomation
spellingShingle Pedro Santos
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3D mass digitization: a milestone for archeological documentation
Virtual Archaeology Review
Fast and economic 3D digitization
cultural heritage
documentation methods
technological innovation
industrialization
automation
title 3D mass digitization: a milestone for archeological documentation
title_full 3D mass digitization: a milestone for archeological documentation
title_fullStr 3D mass digitization: a milestone for archeological documentation
title_full_unstemmed 3D mass digitization: a milestone for archeological documentation
title_short 3D mass digitization: a milestone for archeological documentation
title_sort 3d mass digitization a milestone for archeological documentation
topic Fast and economic 3D digitization
cultural heritage
documentation methods
technological innovation
industrialization
automation
url https://polipapers.upv.es/index.php/var/article/view/6321
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