We've used QuickTime object movies on a few artefacts. Here's an
example:
http://www.wessexarch.co.uk/projects/kent/ctrl/springhead/brooch-movie.html
It was produced using software called PiXiMation: http://www.kaidan.com/piximation/index.html
We also bought a motorised turntable to simplify the process. Each
object movie takes just a few minutes to make, and all-in was very
cheap.
You are right in that it only shows a limited view of the object.
Viewing from the top and the bottom is a bit more complicated to
achieve. However, laser scanning technology can provide some very good
results, in full, rotatable 3D, but it costs a lot more!
You could supplement an object movie with photos from the top and
bottom though, and maybe use the free Zoomify software (http://www.zoomify.com/
) to provide nice high resolution streaming photos.
That said, the examples others have posted with the 3DSOM software
look very nice.
Cheers,
Tom
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On 25 Feb 2009, at 17:08, Mark Nesbitt wrote:
> We are interested in showing fully rotatable objects on our website.
> The
> most important application for me would be items such as baskets,
> where
> basketmakers like to look at the techniques at a large number of
> points on
> an object. I've sometimes being asked to take multiple photos to
> capture
> this for basketmakers who cannot visit, but it is a poor substitute
> for
> "handling" an object.
>
> Our photographer has found the clever machines made by Virtuall:
> www.fotorobot.cz
>
> Is anyone aware of real life use of such a technique by a museum?
>
> There does seem to be a limitation on vertical spinning; in other
> words, one
> can rotate an object to see its sides, but tilting to see top and
> bottom
> seems more problematic. The examples I've seen of fotorobot images
> are also
> quite jerky to manouevre.
>
> Mark
>
> Economic Botany Collection
> Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
>
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