Dear all,

Have any of you created virtual reality worlds where objects like paintings are reproduced in 3D - ie so you can see the fact that they are lumpy with brushstrokes (or just that the paper has a grain), rather than 2D as in a basic image digitisation project? There are a couple of articles onlines about 3D printing artworks:

http://www.designboom.com/art/oce-3d-printer-creates-identical-reproductions-of-fine-art-paintings-09-30-2013/

- but I don't think even the Rijksmuseum has got that far (and I wondered to what extent they'd end up looking a bit plastic-y like so much 3D print does so far). And I haven't come across anyone using that in VR. Anyone taken steps in this direction for a museum project?

Thanks as ever,

Kate

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