The Student Innovation Fellowship uses photogrammetry to capture objects of significance for use in virtual worlds and digital archives.
Photogrammetry is the process of aligning 2-dimensional photographs to produce a 3-dimensional representation of an object or space. Although the process can be time-consuming and complicated, it is one of the most effective ways to reproduce an object in digital form with its true aesthetics and features. We take photographs in a studio or in the field, load them into a tool called Agisoft Photoscan, and adjust various settings to generate a 3D object that is true to the source material.
Here are some examples of 3D objects we have produced for different projects.
Oakland Cemetery
The Objects of Refuge project helps refugee students at Georgia State tell their own stories of refuge through digital media, including digital versions of objects that they carried with them during their experiences.