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.”

    • YMS
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      277 months ago

      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.

    • @[email protected]
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      167 months ago

      I was zooming in an out of the 3D image of the pearl and watching it transition between the very recognisable pearl, zoom in to see it transform into an Arctic alien landscape, and then zoom back out again to see the pearl.

  • @[email protected]
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    147 months ago

    Guys you just have to look at the earring, if its a star Redd is trying to sell you a fake

  • @[email protected]
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    137 months ago

    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.

    • @[email protected]
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      157 months ago

      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.

    • @[email protected]
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      87 months ago

      It allows to monitor the deterioration of paintings and to better understand potential risks. It’s a massively helpful tool for preservation efforts.

  • @[email protected]
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    127 months ago

    What a great job they did! This would have been a ton of work to develop the rig, stitch and normalize.

  • @[email protected]
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    97 months ago

    Infrared multispectral imaging would be interesting to see what is under the surface, if there are any pentimentos underneath.

      • @[email protected]
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        67 months ago

        “Pentimentos” just refers to the five-sided breath mints widely known to have been Vermeer’s favorite. Often trace amounts will turn up under a microscope. It’s how they know it’s authentically his.

        • Black616Angel
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          27 months ago

          Don’t know if you’re trolling, but pentimenti are small changes or corrections artists do, while drawing/painting.

    • Trantarius
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      47 months ago

      I doubt you want to. Its probably at least a terabyte.

      • @long_chicken_boat
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        17 months ago

        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)

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    -17 months ago

    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

    • @[email protected]OP
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      97 months ago

      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.

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        77 months ago

        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

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          07 months ago

          Maybe nowadays with the powerful phone processors, you don’t need depth aware cameras anymore for this. But I can remember, that, at the time faceID was introduced, there was faceID (or two normal cameras) needed to do this on phone.

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        -57 months ago

        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 💁🏻‍♀️

        • @long_chicken_boat
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          37 months ago

          poor people can’t enjoy art now? what you’re proposing is artificially creating an economic barrier to access art just because you consider that people who are born in developing countries aren’t interested in art.

          also, there are a tons of people who buy android phones even if they can afford an iPhone because Apple’s devices are a golden jail.

          • @[email protected]
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            07 months ago

            Sure, I have the same opinion, but I still think most app user would have iOS if such app would exist right now on both platforms.

    • @[email protected]
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      7 months ago

      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.

      • @[email protected]
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        17 months ago

        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