Design and Use of an In-Museum System for Artifact Capture

Holly E. Rushmeier, José Gomes, Frank Giordano, Hisham El-Shishiny, Karen A. Magerlein, Fausto Bernardini

Abstract: We describe the design and use of a 3D scanning system currently installed in Cairo's Egyptian Museum.The primary purpose of the system is to capture objects for display on a web site communicating Egyptian culture. The system is designed to capture both the geometry and photometry of the museum artifacts. We describe special features of the system and the calibration procedures designed for it. We also present resulting scans and examples of how they will be used on the web site.