A game changer in 3D technology
Museums want to be places of experience, convey facts without being boring, show rarities, amaze and make people go home happy after their visit. And they want to go out into the world themselves. They don’t want to be tied to rooms, they want to be able to be experienced online everywhere. At any time. The Internet makes many things possible, but how do I manage to present exhibits exactly as they look? Three-dimensionally, from all sides, in top quality, without distortion. If this can be achieved, cultural history can be preserved digitally. You can arouse the enthusiasm of many people around the world for exhibits that they would otherwise have to go to a museum to see.
The perfect scanning of a three-dimensional object is no longer a dream of the future: with the CYBERGLOBE Culture, we have launched a game changer for the cultural sector. The 3D scanner makes no compromises in terms of quality. Three-dimensional scanning in itself is not a completely new invention, but what is new is that the digitized image does not differ from the original in any way, no matter how small.
There are also numerous other advantages that make the CYBERGLOBE Culture so special: Operation is straightforward, the device and the software take care of everything, all you have to do is place the object and press a button. The CYBERGLOBE Culture works extremely effectively, which also keeps the costs very low. If you convert the price to the number of strokes of the 3D scanner from book2net, then you can assume €0.47 per digitized item. A fraction of the cost you would have to pay for a service provider. From seven scans per hour, including calculation by the software, are possible.
The purchase is therefore worthwhile from a financial point of view. Especially as you don’t need an IT expert to operate it. The employee digitizing the exhibits can do something else while the 80-megapixel camera moves downwards in a semicircle and the 0.1-millimetre-thick, yet robust support table rotates around its own axis. During this process, the camera takes photos from 250 perspectives. These images are then combined by the software to form a large whole without having to make any adjustments.
Further advantages are the longevity of the product made in Germany and the service, because we are also on hand with help and advice after the purchase.
Fully automatic, detailed iamges
Before going into more detail about the technology of the CYBERGLOBE Culture, we should first look at how three-dimensional scanning has worked in the past and what results it has delivered. In the past, there were two possibilities: Either you could walk around the object with a handheld scanner, but it was impossible to always keep the exact same distance to the object. The consequence: distortions. Or you could make complicated set-ups, which took time, and still not manage to scan the object completely. Often, the holder that had been specially created was in the way.
With the CYBERGLOBE Culture there is nothing in the way. The support table is transparent and non-reflective, so there are no problems when scanning from below. The four LED lights, the reflector and the True Color Converter also ensure that the results are true to the original. These components guarantee that the object is correctly illuminated, that no shadows are cast and that the colors are reproduced exactly as they appear on the original. This applies both to static objects such as a vase and to flexible objects such as a medal on a ribbon.
A system „out of the box“
State-of-the-art technology, finely tuned to each other, ensures excellent results. Objects with a maximum diameter and height of 46 cm and a maximum weight of 20 kg can be transferred to the digital world. Anyone interested in the exhibits in a museum can virtually “bring them home”. The three-dimensional digital image is a huge enrichment, not least for scientific research, as every little detail can be viewed without having to pick up the object. Of course, this also protects the objects. This also applies elsewhere: the CYBERGLOBE Culture is very mobile, so that it can easily be brought to the object − the reverse is not necessary.
With the market launch of CYBERGLOBE Culture we have succeeded in giving a decisive boost to digitalization in the cultural sector. The past can be transported into the future. Vividly and faithfully. The technology is now available.