20+ Years of Design, Technology & More
20+ Years of Design, Technology & More
This is a great YouTube video that shows combining a GoPro camera on a small DJI Phantom UAV to take photos then using cloud based Autodesk ReCap Photo to automatically create a textured 3D Model of the skatepark in San Francisco.
Sly Lee is a Marine Ecologist and Toxicologist that has been exploring the use of technology to document coral and the marine ecosystem. Currently Sly is using photos of corals to generate 3D models using Autodesk Recap Photo to document…
For six decades and three generations, the Leakey family has dedicated themselves to uncovering, understanding and promoting the story of our origins. They have been systematically discovering evidence of our ancestry in East Africa. The Leakey team have collected thousands of fossils of human ancestors and other animals, as well as stone tools and other artifacts that are stored permanently in the National Museums of Kenya and at the Turkana Basin Institute (www.turkanabasin.org).
Aware of the general inaccessibility of these national treasures in their current locations, Dr. Louise Leakey, a third generation of the ‘fossil hunter’ family, took it upon herself to find a way to make them globally accessible for educators, kids, and science enthusiasts. Inspired by the possibilities presented by new capture and digitization technologies, about two years ago Dr. Louise Leakey began a fruitful collaboration with Autodesk (www.autodesk.com). Together, the team captured 3D digital models of the most significant fossils, and built a beautiful, interactive web site to host them.
How do you digitize the Smithsonian artifacts in 3D?
Ask the Laser Cowboys right now on Reddit! http://s.si.edu/1hLnOD3
I am here with Smithsonian's 3D capturing experts the "Laser Cowboys" Adam Metallo and Vince Rossi, 3D Program Officers, Smithsonian Institution Digitization Program at the famed Smithsonian Castle in Washington DC for a Reddit AMA session. The Reddit AMA session will run until 1PM Eastern today Friday November 15th,2013. Adam and Vince use many 3D capture techniques such as laser scanning, microCT, photogrammetry and more to capture the objects and collection at the Smithsonian.
You can capture objects in the real world as 3D textured using using your iPhone, iPad, or iPod with greater precision and iOS7 compatibility with the new updated version of 123D Catch and still free. The last major update of 123D Catch mobile was November of 2012.
New features available include:
New guided capture, Photo Compass, helps you shoot the perfect photos for your capture.
The app also flashes stabilization and low light/under exposed warnings to help the user get the best capture possible.
More detailed and spectacular photorealistic 3D models.
An updated gallery that streams lightning fast, so you can browse captures without waiting for downloading.
Easier options to share, comment, like, and follow other users and their captures in the Gallery with the tap of a finger.
And a new icon ;-)
There is still the professional version of Recap Photo http://recap.autodesk.com/ which provides more power and precision.
To download the app, visit: http://autode.sk/18pe3Rl
Cheers,
Shaan
Autodesk has been working with the Smithsonian for over a year to bring some of the collection to more people by digitizing the objects in 3D and placing on the web to explore since only about 1% of the entire collection of over 130 million objects are ever on pubic display.
Today the Smithsonian's Secretary Wayne Clough announced the new Smithsonian x3D Explorer. Many technology partners worked with the Smithsonian to capture and present the first objects of the collection including many iconic objects. The Smithsonian x3D Explorer allows users in a web browser (WebGL based) to interact with the objects like the Wright Flyer, US President Lincoln life mask, Amelia Earhart's flight suit, Whale Fossils from the desert in Chile Cosmic Buddha, and ranging in scale from an Embreea Orchid to the CasA Supernova Remnant and even 3D print some of them. The objects were laboriously digitized in 3D by the Smithsonian using many different technologies like laser scanning, micro-ct, and photogrammetry.
No more "don't touch" warning signs or wondering what the object looks like on the other side or on closer inspection. This is an exciting new compliment to the physical exhibit collections in museums allowing people all over the world to explore and learn or even 3D print your own copy for yourself or classroom.
I hope you will have a look at the amazing objects in 3D set free from their exhibits and glass cases for you to enjoy and explore. Try the functionality in the Smithsonian x3D Explorer powerful features like the ability analyze the objects with different surface colors, surface contours, take measurements, share your objects, and learn about the fascinating stories from the museums curators about the object. Not only can you interact with the objects but you can take guided tours of key areas in the Smithsonian x3D
Smithsonian x3D Explorer Powered by Autodesk
http://youtu.be/wW5uDfl23-4
The Smithsonian x3D Explorer Getting Started
http://3d.si.edu/article/getting-started
The Smithsonian X 3D Event is this week in Washington DC. Autodesk is a very proud sponsor of this special event that will amaze and change the way you may experience museums and research in the future.
The Smithsonian X 3D event is now sold out to attedning in person but there will be a live webcast at 3d.si.edu as well as the event archived for later viewing. Autodesk's very own Amar Hanspal, Senior Vice-President of Information Modeling and Platform Products and Brian Matthews, Vice President and Group CTO, Reality Capture will be speaking at this event
We are blasting at the future using laser & light beams at Autodesk to capture our physical world in 3D for many innovative uses. Here is the great article by ReadWrite features Dr. Aaron Morris of Autodesk and the future possibilities of Lidar.
Seven ways 3D Lidar is transforming our physical world: autode.sk/16aKQ14
Kean Walmsley a friend and colleague of mine here at Autodesk wrote a nice blog post on his Through the Interface blog about something near and dear to my digital heart - capturing 3D geometry with textures using a aerial drones.
Checkout Kean's blog article on the latest cool drone 3D capture involving the Matterhorn located in beautiful Switzerland as well as processing drone captured imagery in Autodesk ReCap Photo. Running drone-captured data through ReCap Photo
The Smithsonian X 3D Conference with limited free registration so if you intend to be there you had better hurry and register. There will be amazing agenda of presenters and presentations on how
3D will transform museums and research institutions around the world. The Smithsonian X 3D Conference will be held on November 13th and 14th, 2013 in Washington DC of as well as a possible webcast.
Autodesk is a very proud sponsoring partner for this special event. I will be attending and also hold a meetup on the 15th for those that wish to join me for discussing 3D, Autodesk products and technologies as well as exploring the Smithsonian and some DC landmarks. Having visited several of the Smithsonian museums in Washington DC, I can tell you it is truly amazing to see in person and free admission. Perhaps I can encourage some of the members of the Smithsonian's laser cowboys and Autodesk Reality Capture Team to join us for a great discussion.