VFX & Game Dev
How to Start a Heritage Digitization Project (and What It Costs)
Digitization isn't as big or costly as it sounds. Start with a pilot, scope it to your goal, and grow. What drives the budget...
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VFX & Game Dev
Building Digital Archives and Virtual Museums From Scanned Heritage
A scan on a hard drive helps no one. Turn preserved heritage into searchable archives and virtual museums that open a collection to researchers...
VFX & Game Dev
Traveling to Remote Heritage Sites: Documenting What Few Will Ever See
The world's most remarkable heritage is rarely beside a highway. We fly in, rope in, and travel to remote sites to document and preserve...
VFX & Game Dev
Saving Endangered Heritage Sites With 3D Scanning
Climate, conflict, looting, and tourism are erasing heritage sites. 3D scanning is triage: a fast, non-destructive record that can even become a blueprint for...
VFX & Game Dev
3D Artifact Scanning: Capturing Objects in Museum-Grade Detail
Museum-grade artifact scanning captures an object so accurately researchers can study it, the public can explore it online, and replicas can be made, without...
VFX & Game Dev
Digital Preservation: Scanning Artifacts and Heritage Before They’re Lost
Every artifact is on a clock. Digital preservation scans heritage in precise 3D to create a permanent archive, and we travel to remote sites...
VFX & Game Dev
Expedition Capture: Helicopter, Rope Access, and Fly-In Location Scanning
The locations that make a film are the hardest to reach. We fly in, belay in from helicopter, and rope into extreme sites to...
VFX & Game Dev
From Splat to Shot: Using Captured Locations for Previs and VFX
The pipeline from a raw location capture to a finished previs sequence or VFX shot: reconstruct, align to scale, into the engine, previs, and...
VFX & Game Dev
Gaussian Splatting vs Photogrammetry for VFX: Which Captures Reality Better?
Photogrammetry gives editable geometry; Gaussian splatting gives breathtaking photoreal visuals. When to use each, and why the best captures often use both.
VFX & Game Dev
Drone Scanning for Film: Aerial Capture of Real Locations
Drone scanning captures the heights, angles, and terrain no tripod can reach, feeding photoreal Gaussian splats and accurate 3D reference for film and VFX.