Hirox, a leading provider of 3D digital microscope technology, has painstakingly created the world’s largest 3D scan, a super-detailed 108-gigapixel scan of Johannes Vermeer’s iconic painting, “Girl with a Pearl Earring.”
Such an insane tech
Sometimes it’s pretty cool living in the future.
During the opening of the exhibition and release of the website!
That’s spectacular. It must be impressive seeing that much detail in person.
Did you have a look at the video too? https://youtu.be/j_MvpMlgfwI?si=5eCuFoSirK85LOND By the way, if you have any questions about this project, feel free to ask :)
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From an art science perspective, this is indeed interesting. I don’t think it’s particularly helpful, nor required, for appreciation of the subject matter. Very cool.
It’s a way to create a digital snapshot to preserve art even if the physical edition is lost. That’s important, in my opinion.
They should create an iPad (and/or iPhone) app which shows the painting in “3D” by adjusting the 2D image according the viewing angle tracked by faceID cam
This example https://trekhleb.dev/blog/2021/gyro-web/ demonstrates how a 3D view can be orientated by tilting your phone. It is implemented using web technology.
It uses the device gyroscope to detect rotation and tilting. This is frequently used in map / street view. No faceID or depth camera is required.
Lol, using this, you have to always look straight to the phone and rotating it. This is bat user experience compared to the faceID solution, where you can move your head and the phone freely
