3D as an aspect of innovation

in cultural heritage

Daniel Pletinckx - Visual Dimension bvba Ename, Belgium

Daniel Pletinckx

-  civil engineer ICT (1984) -  14 years in industry (2D & 3D image creation, GIS, QA) -  ICT consultant for Ename 974 project (1997) -  co-founder of Ename Center (1998 - 2006) -  specialised in digital heritage -  founder & Integration Coordinator of EPOCH (2004-2008) -  Tartessos Award for Virtual Archaeology (Sevilla, 2009) -  3D coordinator CARARE (2010-2013) -  Exploitation & Dissemination V-MusT.net (2011-2014) -  3D publication 3D-ICONS (2012-2015)

Visual Dimension bvba

-  founded in 2003 -  active in architecture and cultural heritage -  3D (digitisation, digital reconstruction & restoration) -  interactive storytelling systems (TimeScope/TimeFrame) -  coordination & training -  offices in Ename, Belgium

Overview

-  3D today and in CH -  3D for research -  3D for digital restoration -  3D for physical restoration -  3D for documentation -  3D as educational resource -  3D as communication tool -  3D in Europeana -  CARARE

3D is hot…

-  3D is prominently present -  Film -  Advertising -  3D printing -  YouTube -  Autostereoscopic screens

More 3D tools than ever before…

-  3D from images -  3D software (e.g. Blender) -  Games -  3D user interfaces -  3D printing

Better 3D visualisation than ever before…

Ename abbey and village in 1065

But still little integration of 3D in CH

-  “3D only produces nice pictures” -  “These 3D modelers just take some buildings and

put them there” -  “3D can never show how a real object is” -  “We never have learned in university how to

create or use 3D”

3D for research - Etruscanning

-  Regolini-Galassi tomb -  Checking hypotheses

-  Feasibility -  Correspondence with finds/data

-  Communication between experts -  Multidisciplinary research -  Distributed teams

-  Blog as research tool

http://regolinigalassi.wordpress.com/

3D for research - Etruscanning

Virtual reconstruction Regolini-Galassi tomb with dummy objects

3D for research - Etruscanning

Virtual reconstruction Regolini-Galassi tomb – real time VR

3D for research - Etruscanning

Bronze discs with unknown function – Regolini-Galassi tomb

3D for research - Etruscanning

Different hypotheses on the nature of the bronze discs (RG tomb)

3D for research – La tomba del principe sabino

http://www.principisabini.it/

3D for research – La tomba del principe sabino

3D for research - Etruscanning

Monte Michele tomb 5 – Villa Giulia

3D for research - Etruscanning

Monte Michele tomb 5 – Villa Giulia

3D for digital restoration - Etruscanning

Patera from Regolini-Galassi tomb, Museo Gregoriano Etrusco, Vatican

3D for digital restoration - Etruscanning

Patera from Regolini-Galassi tomb, Grifi, 1841

3D for digital restoration - Etruscanning

Patera from Regolini-Galassi tomb, L. Di Blasi, 1999

3D for digital restoration - Etruscanning

Patera from Regolini-Galassi tomb, digital restoration, 2011

3D for digital restoration - Etruscanning

Patera from Regolini-Galassi tomb, digital restoration, depth map, 2011

3D for digital restoration - Etruscanning

Patera from Regolini-Galassi tomb, digital restoration, render test, 2011

3D for digital restoration - Etruscanning

Bronze disks from Regolini-Galassi tomb, original objects, 2012

3D for digital restoration - Etruscanning

Bronze disks from Regolini-Galassi tomb, digital restoration, 2012

3D for digital restoration - Etruscanning

Regolini-Galassi tomb, digital restoration, 2012

3D for digital restoration - Etruscanning

Regolini-Galassi tomb, digital restoration, 2012

3D to prepare physical restoration

Ramses II colossus, Thebe, INSIGHT

3D to prepare physical restoration

Nymphaeum, Sagalassos, Turkey

3D to prepare physical restoration

Nymphaeum, Sagalassos, Turkey

3D to prepare physical restoration

Nymphaeum, Sagalassos, Turkey

3D to prepare physical restoration

Nymphaeum, Sagalassos, Turkey

3D to prepare physical restoration

Nymphaeum, Sagalassos, Turkey

3D as documentation

Hal Saflieni Hypogeum

3D as documentation

Hal Saflieni Hypogeum

3D as documentation

Hal Saflieni Hypogeum

3D as documentation

Hal Saflieni Hypogeum

3D as documentation

Hal Saflieni Hypogeum Interior middle level with current walkways

3D as educational resource

-  Rich objects -  Text -  Images/panoramas/video -  3D windows -  Links (within doc, other doc, URLs)

-  Exploration -  Relationships -  Understanding (virtual reconstruction vs. remains) -  Example: Abbey of Saint-John, Biograd

3D as communication tool: visual reference

-  IPO study (1990s) -  2 people out of 3 have historical horizon limited to grandparents -  4 people out of 5 are interested in history -  Most people have limited historical reference

-  History needs to be relevant to today -  3D can provide a very cost effective visual reference of

specific periods

3D as communication tool: visual reference

3D as communication tool: recontextualisation

Regolini-Galassi tomb, excavated in 1836, objects in Vatican Museums

3D as communication tool: recontextualisation

Museo Gregoriano Etrusco, Vatican Museums

3D as communication tool: recontextualisation

Museo Gregoriano Etrusco, Vatican Museums

Europeana 3D requirements

-  Available on all major platforms -  No installation of plugins or software -  Standardised and open format -  Simple to use, accessible to all -  Resource exploration

=> One solution : PDF

Europeana 3D requirements

-  Available on all major platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux -  No installation of plugins or software: 3DPDF on 89 % -  Standardised and open format: ISO 32000-1 -  Simple to use, accessible to all: well known, all computers -  Resource exploration:

-  URLs -  open other documents -  go to specific pages

PDF

-  3D PDF well accepted by CH partners -  Functionality well supported

-  3D exploration through text links -  Free 3D exploration -  Evolution, phases -  Virtual restoration -  Structure -  Excavation vs. virtual reconstruction

CARARE Content providers : SNS, Italy

Pompei - SNS

CARARE Content providers : SNS

Pompei - SNS

CARARE Content providers : SNS

Pompei - SNS

http://pompei.sns.it/

CARARE Content providers : SNS

Pompei - SNS

CARARE Content providers : STARC, Cyprus

Paphos - STARC

CARARE Content providers : STARC

Paphos - STARC

http://3dpaphostheatre.cyi.ac.cy/

CARARE Content providers : KUAS, Denmark

Jelling Stones

CARARE Content providers : KUAS

Jelling Stones

CARARE Content providers : KUAS

Jelling Stones

CARARE Content providers : CETI (Greece)

Xanthi

Drama

Kavala

Thank you for your attention!

daniel.pletinckx@visualdimension.be skype: daniel.pletinckx

www.carare.eu

Etruscanning funded by