3D mass digitization: a milestone for archeological documentation

Pedro Santos

Germany

Fraunhofer IGD

Head of Competence Center

Cultural Heritage Digitization

Martin Ritz

Germany

Fraunhofer IGD

Deputy Head of Competence Center

Cultural Heritage Digitization

Constanze Fuhrmann

Germany

Fraunhofer IGD

Researcher

Cultural Heritage Digitization

Dieter Fellner

Germany

TU-Darmstadt ; Graz University of Technology

Full Professor, Director

Fraunhofer IGD
TU-Graz

Submitted: 2016-07-01

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Accepted: 2016-11-09

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Published: 2017-05-22

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4995/var.2017.6321
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Keywords:

Fast and economic 3D digitization, cultural heritage, documentation methods, technological innovation, industrialization, automation

Supporting agencies:

German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy under grant agreement 01MT12022E and Fraunhofer strategic funds

Abstract:

In the heritage field, the demand for fast and efficient 3D digitization technologies for historic remains is increasing. Besides, 3D digitization has proved to be a promising approach to enable precise reconstructions of objects. Yet, unlike the digital acquisition of cultural goods in 2D widely used today, 3D digitization often still requires a significant investment of time and money. To make it more widely available to heritage institutions, the Competence Center for Cultural Heritage Digitization at the Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics Research IGD has developed CultLab3D, the world’s first 3D mass digitization facility for collections of three-dimensional objects. CultLab3D is specifically designed to automate the entire 3D digitization process thus allowing to scan and archive objects on a large-scale. Moreover, scanning and lighting technologies are combined to capture the exact geometry, texture, and optical material properties of artefacts to produce highly accurate photo-realistic representations. The unique setup allows to shorten the time needed for digitization to several minutes per artefact instead of hours, as required by conventional 3D scanning methods.
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