Digital Technologies for the 21st Century Cultural Heritage Imaging is driving the development and adoption of tools and methodologies that create interactive, three-dimensional (3D) representations with far greater informational content, visual robustness, scientific reliability, long-term sustainability, and future reusability than current digital archiving solutions. We do this by collaborating with experts from around the world in cultural heritage, computer imaging science, museum/library science, and data archiving. Digital Technologies:   Reflectance Transformation Imaging When a virtual light is moved over the RTI image in a special viewer, the user sees surface relief emerge in striking three dimensionality.     Digital Photography When a virtual light is moved over the PTM image in a special viewer, the user sees surface relief emerge in striking three dimensionality.   Object Movies Object movies are a cost effective way to document cultural heritage materials in the round.     3D Imaging Building 3D virtual worlds with geometric spatial information and associated surface textures is just the beginning.   Panoramas Panoramas are an excellent way to document an environment, site context, or an enclosed space.       Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) Examples:   Chersonesos 2008 Cultural Treasures of the Crimean Peninsula     Rock Art & Petroglyphs Parque Arqueológico Vale do Côa, Portugal   Stone Tools Stone Age tools from prehistory         Ongoing collaborations:   Developing Advanced Technologies for the Imaging of Cultural Heritage Objects CHI and the University of Southern California (USC)’s West Semitic Research Project formed a partnership and won an Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) grant to supercharge HP Lab’s RTI technology to document museum objects. USC and CHI teams, with assistance from HP Labs researchers, are developing new tools to document and disseminate material from USC's Archaeological Research Collection. Publications:   "Image-Based Empirical Information Acquisition, Scientific Reliability, and Long-Term Digital Preservation for the Natural Sciences and Cultural Heritage" Authors : Mark Mudge, Tom Malzbender, Alan Chalmers, Roberto Scopigno, James Davis, Oliver Wang, Prabath Gunawardane, Michael Ashley, Martin Doerr, Alberto Proenca, João Barbosa Eurographics 2008 April 14-18, 2008 Crete, Greece paper download available   "Open Archaeology: Fundamentals of Intellectual Property and Open Source", Carla Schroer CAA 2008, April 2-6, 2008 Budapest, Hungary paper download available   "A Digital Future for Cultural Heritage", Mark Mudge, Michael Ashley, Carla Schroer CIPA Athens 2007, "Anticipating the Future of the Cultural Past", October 1-6, 2007 Athens, Greece paper download available   "Lighting & Byzantine Glass Tesserae", Eva Zányi, Carla Schroer, Mark Mudge, Alan Chalmers EVA London Conference ~ 11–13 July 2007, United Kingdom paper download available   "The Simultaneous Capture of Spectral and Textural Information", John Redman, Mark Mudge IS&T, Society for Imaging Science and Technology, 21-24 May 2007, Arlington, Virginia, USA   "New Reflection Transformation Imaging Methods for Rock Art and Multiple-Viewpoint Display", Mark Mudge, Tom Malzbender, Carla Schroer, Marlin Lum VAST 2007, 7th International Symposium on Virtual Reality, Archaeology and Cultural Heritage, Oct. 30-Nov. 4, 2006, Cyprus, Greece paper download available ***Best Paper Award***   "Reflection Transformation Imaging and Virtual Representations of Coins from the Hospice of the Grand St. Bernard", Mark Mudge, Jean-Pierre Voutaz, Carla Schroer, and Marlin Lum VAST 2005, The 6th International Symposium on Virtual Reality, Archaeology and Cultural Heritage, Oct 30-Nov 4, 2006, Pisa, Italy paper download available

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