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Hi there, Jim Devine would indeed be a good starting point, particularly if your primarily interested in QTVR (which is 2D imaging that uses clever animation and perspective tricks to give the illusion of 3D). If you would also like to investigate 3D imaging (i.e. actually scanning objects in three dimensions), David Jillings at the British Museum and John Benfield at the Natural History Museum have both done work with 3D object scanning. I'll send you their email addresses separately. You could also check out: Arius 3D: http://www.arius3d.com/index2.html http://www.arius3d.com/dynamic-frameset.html?museum_channel/index.html Museum and heritage applications of digital 3D imaging: An excellent workshop I attended on this subject at last year's Museums & the Web in Boston: http://www.archimuse.com/mw2002/abstracts/prg_165000786.html 3D Culture on the Web (a.k.a. shameless self-promotion): http://www.rlg.org/preserv/diginews/diginews5-3.html#featured Cheers, T. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Tony Gill Research Libraries Group, 1200 Villa St, Mountain View, CA 94041, USA E: [log in to unmask] T: +1 (650) 691-2304 F: +1 (650) 964-1461 W: http://www.rlg.org/ or http://www.rlg.ac.uk/ > Stephen Lowy Essex Museum Off ERO LS wrote: > > Does anyone have any contact details for companies or individuals who produce > VR of objects? > > We are planning to produce a Virtual Object Handling (of museum objects) > module as part of the East of England Sense Of Place - Essex consortia, and we > need to find a selection of organisations that could give us quotes for > producing the digitisation for VR. The next stage would be to start a formal > tender. > > Although I realise you may not be able to reccommend anyone, it would be > useful to have a list of the key players in this field who have worked on > creating VR (preferably using Apple QT or Java)in the heritage/museum sector. > > > Stephen Lowy > > Essex Museums Officer > > Museums In Essex Committee > > Essex Record Office > > Wharf Road, Chelmsford, CM2 6YT > > Tel: 01245 244612 Fax: 01245 244655 > > [log in to unmask]