Digital Preservation

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Digital preservation is the process of digitizing artworks and artifacts. Digital preservation allows museums to document and classify artworks and artifacts into catalogues and databases, and easily share digital copies to researchers for studying and analysis. It also comes in handy for restoration work and archiving for future generations in case of irreversible damage. Digital preservation has greatly benefitted from 3D scanning as it has greatly increased the speed and quality at which artwork and artifacts are digitized. Current 3D scanners capture complex geometries and shapes with high-resolution texture data in minutes.

3D Scanning for Archiving and Digital Preservation

Archiving and digital preservation of artifacts and art pieces have wide ranging benefits. Digitization of artifacts help museums better document and classify them in catalogues and databases. Sharing a digital copy of an artifact with researchers for studying and analysis instead of the original is also much easier. 3D digital preservation of artifacts can also ensure that future generations will be able to appreciate them in case of deterioration or damage. We use very accurate high-resolution portable 3D Scanners to quickly capture 3D scan data and convert them to a 3D mesh for archiving. Our 3D scan data is coupled with high-resolution texture data captured during the scanning process. Our ability to capture accurate geometry coupled with high-resolution texture maps in a matter of minutes makes our solution the most efficient in the industry.

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Artifact Restoration using 3D Scanning

Artwork and artifacts have a tendency to degrade over time and may require restoration from curators and art historians. Having 3D models of artifacts and artwork can help curators and art historians to easily pinpoint where degradation has occurred. These 3D models are created using high-resolution 3D Scanners that capture accurate geometry and texture data. Our portable 3D Scanners can easily capture such data and our scan-to-model workflow can significantly speed up and simplify the restoration process. Traditional methods that use cameras to capture data can take days while our unique scan-to-model workflow lets us create 3D models from scan data in just a few minutes with almost no preprocessing required.

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Digitization of Artifacts for faster analysis

Artifacts and fossils are usually found or excavated in remote places, where archeologists and paleontologists have limited resources for performing proper analysis. A viable alternative is to digitize the artifacts and fossils and send them to labs with the necessary resources to perform the analysis. To do this, portable 3D Scanners capable of capturing accurate geometry and textures is required. Our on-site solution comprises of portable high-resolution 3D Scanners, and our willingness to travel and assist on projects in remote places around the globe.

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