Summer Week 5

Hello, readers!

Welcome back for the week five update of my summer internship at the Brevard Veterans Memorial Center (BVMC). After a quick detour last week at CHDR( Center for Humanities and Digital Research), I was excited to get back to the museum and apply some of the new techniques I learned.

This week, Eric and I dove headfirst into the 3D modeling of some of the artifacts housed within the museum. We started with  trench art from World War I and World War II. For those unfamiliar with it, trench art refers to decorative items made by soldiers, prisoners of war, or civilians from various military weapons, in this case used artillery shells. E

Our process began with meticulously photographing these intricate objects. Eric then used a specialized software called Agisoft Metashape to stitch the high-resolution images together, creating highly detailed and accurate 3D models. It is a tedious process of taking pictures on a rotating turntable every few seconds, but we hope that the results will make the time worth it. 

We also experimented with a more accessible technology, a mobile app called KIRI, to see how it would handle creating a 3D model. The results were quite impressive for a tool that can be used on a smartphone. You can see the model we created with the KIRI app by following the link below. Hopefully this is a process that we can hand over to the museum staff after we leave so they can make their own models after we leave.

Stay tuned for more updates as we continue to model more of the BVMC's fascinating collection!


Trench Art by ntrentchamberlain on Sketchfab

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