3D Modelling for Cultural Heritage Protection
Areas of investigation include:
- Sub-millimeter 3D scanning and modelling of Cultural Heritage objects using photogrammetric techniques
- Dealing with point clouds exceeding 100 million converging to 3D models with more than 10 million faces
- Achieving 3D model accuracy beyond 50 micrometers with commercial high-resolution cameras e.g. 50.3MP Cannon EOS 5DS
- Simulated ageing of Cultural Heritage objects using model deformation based on rules derived from real accelerated material ageing
Results include:
- Research: use depth data associated with raster images to reduce borderline effects, increase model precision and lower complexity
- Research: accommodate penetrating imaging including thermal, ultrasonic, X-ray and Raman.
- Development: custom CUDA-accelerated (with multi-NVIDIA Titan X) workstation, reducing several times 3D modelling time.
- Accuracy: 50 micrometers or more with >50MP commercial cameras and expect 25 micrometers with Phase ONE 100MP camera.
References for Further Reading
- Horizon'2020 SCAN4RECO project "Multimodal Scanning of Cultural Heritage Assets for their multilayered digitization and preventive conservation via spatio-temporal 4D Reconstruction and 3D Printing" funded under Reflective-7 topic: http://scan4reco.eu and https://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/197123_en.html
- Artur Krukowski and Emmanouela Vogiatzaki, High Resolution 3D Modelling of Cultural Heritage, 12th International Conference on non-destructive investigations and microanalysis for the diagnostics and conservation of cultural and environmental heritage (ART’17), Politecnico di Torino, 22-24th of November 2017, Torino, Italy.
- Krukowski, Artur; Vogiatzaki, Emmanouela, Horizon 2020 “Scan4Reco” Project" Project Overview, E-Space 3rd International Conference Cultural Heritage: Reuse, Remake, Reimagine, Berlin, Germany, 21-22th November 2016 (Session Networking Session of EC-funded Projects),
- Krukowski Artur and Emmanouela Vogiatzaki, User Interfaces and 3D Environment Scanning for Game-Based Training in Mixed-Reality Spaces, 6th EAI International Conference (ArtsIT’2017), Interactivity and Game Creation , 30-31st of October 2017, Heraklion, Greece.
- Artur Krukowski and Emmanouela Vogiatzaki, UAV-based photogrammetric 3D modelling and surveillance of forest wildfires, Workshop on “UAV & SAR: using drones in rescue operations”, ISA, Rome (Italy), 29th of March 2017
3D Gallery of Research and Development Projects in Virtual Reality
The 3D Gallery software, developed with Unreal Engine version 4.18, demonstrates 3D modelling results from funded research projects of RFSAT:
- H2020-Reflective-SCAN4RECO on "Multi-modal Scanning of Cultural Heritage Assets for their multi-layered digitization and preventive conservation via spatio-temporal 4D Reconstruction and 3D Printing" (http://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/197123_en.html & http://scan4reco.eu)
- FP7-SEC-AF3 on "Advanced Forest Fire Fighting" (http://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/185483_en.html)
- COST Action CA15201 on "Archaeological practices and knowledge work in the digital environment" (http://www.cost.eu/COST_Actions/ca/CA15201 & https://www.arkwork.eu)
The Gallery3D can be downloaded from: https://www.rfsat.com/download/Gallery3D_setup.exe. An online version can be found HERE.
Acknowledgement: The virtual environment has been built using a 3D model showcase tool "The Gallery" by Dean Hulton.