Fraunhofer Researchers Digitally Preserve Cultural Heritage - World's First Automated 3D Digitization of Cultural Treasures
- Natural Disasters or Wars Destroy Cultural Treasures; Fraunhofer Researchers Are Presenting a Mobile Lab to Three-Dimensionally Scan and Digitize Artifacts at Top Speed
“With CultLab3D, we are presenting, for the first time, a quick, economical approach to digitize cultural heritage in the next, the third dimension”, says Pedro Santos of Fraunhofer IGD. His team is developing technologies for a faster digitization and virtual reproduction of objects from the real world in superior quality. CultLab3D not only captures geometry and texture of artifacts but also their optical material properties such as reflection and absorption characteristics for a later photo-realistic representation of their appearance under any lighting conditions.
So far, 3D digitalization has been very expensive and time-consuming. CultLab3D now relies on the industrialization and automation of the entire 3D digitization process of artifacts by means of state-of-the-art scan and lighting technologies. This is how it works: The artifacts pass through special scanning arcs on a conveyor belt. In the process, they are scanned from all sides in a fully automated fashion. In a second step, scanners mounted to lightweight robotic arms are resolve any remaining occlusions and gaps of the so far reconstructed virtual 3D model. The finished 3D model can then be linked to cultural-historic information such as the period of origin, the artist or related artifacts. The entire process only takes a few minutes, compared to several hours before. The mobile digitalization lab CultLab3D makes it possible to scan and archive the millions of existing artifacts industrially, cost-effectively and quickly.
Awarded exhibit
CultLab3D is funded by the federal ministry for economics and technology and was presented for the first time at the Digital Heritage 2013 Conference (28 Oct. through 1 Nov. 2013) in Marseille under the patronage of UNESCO. The biggest event yet on the subject of Digital Cultural Heritage gathered around 700 representatives from research and education, industry and politics to discuss and present digital technologies for the preservation, documentation and understanding of cultural heritage. The associated exhibition was accessible to the public and recorded more than 6000 visitors. There, CultLab3D won the “2013 DigitalHeritage International Congress and V-MUST.NET” award for the best technology exhibit.
For further information:
www.cultlab3d.eu
Fraunhofer IGD is the world's leading institute for applied research in Visual Computing. Visual Computing is image- and model-based information technology. It includes computer graphics, computer vision, as well as virtual and augmented reality.
Fraunhofer IGD develops prototypes and complete solutions pursuant to customer-specific requirements. The researchers at Fraunhofer IGD use, record and process images and graphics for all conceivable computer-based applications.
The research and development projects of Fraunhofer IGD directly relate to current business issues. The application spectrum of the concepts, models and practical solutions is as diverse as it is specialized. It ranges from virtual product design via medical science, transportation all the way to multi-media learning and training.
Together with its partner universities, Fraunhofer IGD researches various key technologies and cooperates with companies in many different industry sectors. In addition to the head office in Darmstadt, Fraunhofer IGD has further sites in Rostock, Graz and Singapore. It has more than 200 (full-time equivalent) employees. The budget amounts over 17 million euros.
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