108-Gigapixel 3D Microscope Scan of Vermeer Masterpiece is Largest Ever
108-Gigapixel 3D Microscope Scan of Vermeer Masterpiece is Largest Ever
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.”
Guys you just have to look at the earring, if its a star Redd is trying to sell you a fake
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.
It allows to monitor the deterioration of paintings and to better understand potential risks. It's a massively helpful tool for preservation efforts.
What a great job they did! This would have been a ton of work to develop the rig, stitch and normalize.
It really looks amazing
Thank you!
We're going to get so many HQ copy memes
Infrared multispectral imaging would be interesting to see what is under the surface, if there are any pentimentos underneath.
I kind of expected a ryzen die shot tbh
Wonderful! The mouth is simply fantastic. And you can clearly see that he draw most of the head shape with umber or a similar color. Really interesting.
I really hope they're able to scan more artwork in the future
I will scan the scream at the Munch museum in March 😱
Anybody know if I can download this with Dezoomify or something?
I doubt you want to. Its probably at least a terabyte.
Nothing a little more jpg couldn't fix.
I doubt the one that they display in their website is a terabyte, because that would require a ton of traffic just to get the render in the browser for each visitor they get.
(I'm sure that isn't the full resolution one, but it still looks pretty good)
Such an insane tech
Sometimes it's pretty cool living in the future.
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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During the opening of the exhibition and release of the website!
That's spectacular. It must be impressive seeing that much detail in person.
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
Android powers over 70% of smartphones. If they were to make an app wouldn't it be more efficient (cost v exposure) to make an android app? The website though works on all phones.
And you wouldn't really need faceId or any other depth aware camera for this. Just a normal front-facing camera will do. Or do accelerometer only and tilt the phone instead
I guess if you look at targeted people who may be interested in this app you are nearly at 80% using iPhones. Most of the 70% using android are from developing countries and l bet most of those user aren’t that interested in art like this 💁🏻♀️
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
https://www.hirox-europe.com/gigapixel/girl-with-a-pearl-earring/#TRPLINKPROCESSED
Hirox website that let's you interact with their scan of the painting
If you check it out, don't forget to have a look atthe somewhat hidden 3D mode. Though well made, the 2D mode is just a Google-Maps-like view, and the 3D mode is entirely different.
Cool, STL?
I did the exact same thing!