The Spatial Heritage Review #1, November 2023
The Spatial Heritage Review #1, November 2023
Your monthly round up of what's happening at the intersection of 3D & cultural heritage.
Welcome! Read on for a summary of some of the very cool things that happened in October in the field of cultural heritage + 3D. In fact, so much happened that I had to create a second post to share everything.
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USA. Getty has published a superb piece of multimedia scrollytelling with Frank Gehry and the Walt Disney Concert Hall. Do yourself a favour and check it out, it is a very pleasant example of how to weave many elements together into a seamless whole on the web - and check out that credits section at the end! 3D powered (as far as I can tell) by three.js.
Via Todd Swanson.
Online. In case you missed it, there have been some stirrings of cultural heritage related content leaking into the hugely popular free-to-play Fortnite video game. Game studio Preloaded collaborated with Epic Games, Sketchfab and Egyptologist Prof. Joann Fletcher to create the Wonders: Pyramids of Giza experience. You can play now by inputting this island code into the game.
In addition, the team at Preloaded worked with Dr. Rob Sherman to build a 40-50 minute lesson plan for students 14–16 on top of the experience.
Denmark. Statens Museum For Kunst has released 40 new 3D scans of subjects from its collection. The 3D data - designed for 3D printing - is created in collaboration with Scan the World and made available via open.smk.dk, dedicated to the public domain. Nice.
Online. My weekly Top 10 Cultural Heritage 3D models on sketchfab.com for November 2023: Week 44, Week 45, Week 46, Week 47 via me :)
Events & Publications
Upcoming conferences 🤝
MuseumNext : Digital Exhibitions Summit, 11-12 December 2023
2and3D Photography, 29-31 May 2024
Conference/Event Recaps 📚
Recordings from EuropeanaTech 2023, 10-12 October 2023
Spanish Presidency Europeana Conference - Accelerating 3D in the common European data space for cultural heritage: Building capacity for 3D - Recap Video | Recording Part one and Part two of the conference | links exchanged in the conference chat | Presentations
Im/materialities: Museums between real and digital – International Conference
28 Nov - 1st Dec 2023, video recordings can be found on Museo Egizio’s Youtube channel.
Transforming Heritage: From 2D to 3D Digitisation - Webinar 2: Boosting 3D digitisation 10 November 2023 via ica.org / eureka3d.eu / photoconsortium.net
Digital Fabrication to Improve Visual Collections’ Access, October 31 2023
Creating 3D Models with Photogrammetry - Low-Threshold Technologies for Small to Medium Museums and their Application on Cultural Heritage Objects via Chiara Zuanni
Articles, videos, initiatives, & academic papers 👀
Experiments in Photogrammetry by Aaron Cope
UK cultural heritage research survey via Towards a National Collection
MUSEUMS IN THE METAVERSE via University of Glasgow
3D Imaging of the Environment Mapping and Monitoring edited by John Meneely
Exhibition: Armenia, contemplating the sacred | Boghossian Foundation via Iconem
From the Grapevine 🍇
In case you missed it on social.
3D scan of Ancient Egypt (data by Iconem) in VR jigsaw game Puzzling Places via Azad Balabanian
Patent model for a refrigerator by Thomas Elkins | 3D model by Smithsonian NMAAHC
The British Library directs followers to their 3D model collection while their website is down via BL Digitisation
New #photogrammetry capture of the exterior and a lot of the interior of Upnor Castle by David Fletcher
VR in the Art History Classroom: From Concept to Implementation by Matthew Brennan
Assyrian wall panel 3D model to CNC carving by ThinkSee3D for the British Museum via Steven Dey
Polycam announces free tier for its cloud based photogrammetry processing via Polycam