Hi all.
For what it's worth, we model in 3D Studio or Maya and use photographic textures. It's not a cheap solution, but you do get pretty good results. There's a good selection of objects on the Colchester Museum site http://www.colchestermuseums.org.uk/castle/VR/castle_vr06.html It's obviously a lot simpler (i.e. cheaper) with simple shapes like a vase, but where we have been dealing with more complex, organic shapes we have on occasion opted for a series of still images. We have tried a number of different 3D scanners but there is an issue with getting the file size down to something that can reasonably delivered over the web.
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Phil, Giles,
We've tried this software and it's fairly reasonable but better suited perhaps to architectural models. Not so good at "organic" sorts of shapes. Another one is 3D Software Object Modeller Pro which works reasonably well, however bear in mind that there is considerable work to be done after taking the photographs (scans) of around the object to get them stitch together properly to output an effective 3D modelwith any 3D scanning system. This can be frustratingly complex and is rarely achieved in a automatic fashion by the software. Usually you have to get involved and guide the alignment process. Time consuming and fiddly, generally! There are systems such as Mephisto, which appear to work better, but are considerably more costly. I've only seen a brief demo of this as yet but it looked promising. There is currently no simple and cheap, perfect solution, but we're collectively moving in the right direction. Not much help for your immediate needs perhaps but honest. If you want to give me a ring to discuss our tests of these systems, please do, but be prepared to try a few times. I often miss my answerphone messages.
David Prytherch PhD. FGE.
Senior Research Fellow in Haptics and Computer Interfaces
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From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Giles Carey
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Subject: 3D Imaging Software
We're looking at buying some software that will enable us to take pictures
of museum artefacts/archaeological finds with a simple camera and then
convert them into a 3D model which can be displayed on our website as part
of a virtual exhibition. The 3D image would ideally be rotatable by the
viewer and zoomable.
Does anyone have recent experience with such software? If so which can be
recommended and which should be avoided? We don't have a huge budget for
this.
Thanks
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