Sculpting Virtual Reality 
3-D models offer new ways of seeing art
Digital imaging
enables art historians and other researchers to view large statues from
different heights and angles and in different lighting.
Further
Readings:
Additional
information about the digital imaging research being conducted by Marc
Levoy and the rest of the Stanford team can be found at http://graphics.stanford.edu/projects/mich/.
Sources:
Erik Brisson
Boston University
Office of Information Technology
111 Cummington Street
Boston, MA 02215
Marc Levoy
Stanford University
Gates Computer Science Building
Room 366, Wing 3B
Stanford, CA 94305
Joshua Mittleman
IBM
T.J. Watson Research Center
P.O. Box 704
Yorktown Heights, NY 10598
Gabriel Taubin
IBM
T.J. Watson Research Center
P.O. Box 704
Yorktown Heights, NY 10598
Jack Wasserman
Temple University
409 Pine Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106
From Science
News, Vol. 156, No. 12, September 18, 1999, p. 184. Copyright ©
1999, Science Service. |