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@nebulousflynn.bsky.social

πŸ—Ώ Cultural Heritage | 3D | Open Access | Engagement 🏺 Prev.: Sketchfab | Epic Games | British Museum | Museum in a Box nebulousflynn.substack.com

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Photogrammetry Industry Survey The intention of this survey is to understand where the industry sits at with the current software/hardware/ pipelines and workflows, in addition we want to learn where we lack support in software/har...

A friend of mine at Scan Space NZ put together a survey aimed at better understanding the current state of the #photogrammetry & #3D scanning industry, including those in #glam & other cultural heritage institutions. Please take a peek if you have time! #archaeology

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

24.09.2025 09:07 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ“’ @rijksmuseum.bsky.social's 2and3D Photography call for papers is still openβ€”I recommend you throw your hat in the ring.

πŸ‘ I sit on the advisory board and it is one of my favourite heritage imaging conferences with a very welcoming and fun atmosphere!

www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/whats-on/...

#GLAM3D

10.09.2025 12:52 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ›οΈ Call for EU Heritage Partners! πŸ›οΈ

Join our proposal for a #HorizonEurope project testing new tools for the European Collaborative Cloud for Cultural Heritage (#ECCCH).

This is a funded opportunity to innovate. Deadline mid-Sept ⏳

Details here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

25.08.2025 08:24 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Coat Clasp - Download Free 3D model by Landessammlungen NiederΓΆsterreich (@landessammlungen-noe) Collection: Prehistory and Historical Archeology Dept. Inv.-No.: UF-19018.082.C.1.2 Material: Copper ally, glass Dimensions: 0,8 Γ— 2,7 cm Dating: 710-800 CE One of the coat clasps found in an in...

Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercia (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-...):

- Coat Clasp (skfb.ly/pzXnu) by Landessammlungen NiederΓΆsterreich.

24.08.2025 20:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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LoΓ―e Fuller, Museu Joan AbellΓ³ - Download Free 3D model by Giravolt CAT Escultura (1895 - 1902) que representa a LoΓ―e Fuller, creadora de l’anomenada Dansa Serpentina, la qual va revolucionar l’estΓ¨tica i va influenciar en els moviments artΓ­stics de l’època. L’obra va...

- LoΓ―e Fuller, Museu Joan AbellΓ³ (skfb.ly/pz7XV) by Giravolt
- Quimbaya Tomb Figure (skfb.ly/pApUZ) by Global Digital Heritage and GDH-Afrika

24.08.2025 20:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Santiagorothia chilensis - Download Free 3D model by Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Chile (@MNHNcl) SGO.PV.2914 Holotipo Santiagorothia chilensis proveniente del Valle del RΓ­o Tinguiririca, regiΓ³n del Libertador Bernardo O’Higgins. - Santiagorothia chilensis - Download Free 3D model by Museo Naciona...

3D models used in this scene, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/...):

- ΠšΠΎΠΌΠΏΠ»Π΅ΠΊΡ‚ Ρ‡ΠΎΠ»ΠΎΠ²Ρ–Ρ‡ΠΎΠ³ΠΎ вбрання Π±ΠΎΠ³Π΄Π°Π½ΡΡŒΠΊΠΈΡ… Π³ΡƒΡ†ΡƒΠ»Ρ–Π² (skfb.ly/pzvIJ) by Uzhgorodskansen
- Santiagorothia chilensis (skfb.ly/pzqDn) by Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Chile

24.08.2025 20:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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My spatial heritage group on LinkedIn has reached over 1,600 members πŸŽ‰ linkedin.com/groups/13126...

I used @rapidpipeline.bsky.social's new @blender.org plugin to locally optimise geometry and texture atlases for this little scene.

24.08.2025 20:42 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Today is the last day to submit your abstracts for our free online digital archaeology conference (2-4 October)! CfP closes tonight at midnight!

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

@caaint.bsky.social @caa-lac.bsky.social @caapoland.bsky.social @caa-ssla.archaeo.social.ap.brid.gy @caadk.bsky.social

18.08.2025 23:12 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Good question :)

I guess Zappar, 8th Wall, MyWebAR or something else!

14.08.2025 18:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

you could try Zappar or 8th Wall or MyWebAR πŸ‘

14.08.2025 18:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Can anyone share a link to live examples of 3D with user selectable 'layers' of label annotations? i.e. choose to view the same model overlaid with annotations from author A, author B, or author C? Or theme A, theme B, theme C?

#3D #museums #GLAM3D

21.07.2025 16:18 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Glad you enjoyed it, Corey :)

A few reasons:
- Aero does not appear to be in active development by Adobe.
- Other platforms offer richer features e.g. custom interactions, analytics.
- Aero only serves from Adobe servers, no self hosting/custom domains.

14.07.2025 17:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

β€’ Photogrammetry with RealityScan.
β€’ Asset optimisation with @rapidpipeline.bsky.social.
β€’ Scene layout with @blender.org.
β€’ Rendering in @twinmotion.bsky.social.
β€’ Augmented reality with @adobe.com Aero.

14.07.2025 11:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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I wrote something about a recently completed digitisation and augmented reality project I undertook for the Saudi Arabia Ministry of Culture and ArcheoConsultant πŸ”— open.substack.com/pub/nebulous...

#GLAM3D #3DforCulture #museums #heritage #art #history #photogrammetry

14.07.2025 11:59 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Starting in 5 minutes πŸ‘‡

10.07.2025 15:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Happening later today πŸ‘‡

#GLAM #GLAM3D #Interoperability #Digitisation #3D

10.07.2025 08:18 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The next @iiif.bsky.social #3D Community call is THIS THURSDAY, July 10!

Neil Trevett of The Khronos Group will present on glTF development. A key chance to discuss 3D interoperability. 12pm EDT / 5pm UK.

Join & learn more: iiif.io/community/gr...

#GLAM3D

07.07.2025 13:50 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
3D Scanning and Cultural Heritage Preservation, Access and Revitalization β€” Panel Recording
On 7 February 2023, Creative Commons hosted a panel discussion on 3D scanning, preservation, access and revitalization of cultural heritage.With experts, we ... 3D Scanning and Cultural Heritage Preservation, Access and Revitalization β€” Panel Recording

A couple of years ago, CC hosted a panel discussion on 3D scanning as it relates to cultural heritage preservation, revitalization, access, and better sharing.

This information is still useful today, watch here:

02.06.2025 16:07 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Following their 2025 conference, I wrote something about recent developments in @iiif.bsky.social's support for 3D data.

"Interoperable, Accessible, Portable 3D Data: The IIIF specification for 3D data has been publicly revealed, time to get to work!"

πŸ”— nebulousflynn.substack.com/p/interopera...

30.06.2025 12:48 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Enabling Interoperable Cultural 3D Data with IIIF - CiFA DigiTea June 2025 - Thomas Flynn Enabling Interoperable Cultural 3D Data with IIIF CiFA DigiTea, June 2025 iiif.io/community/groups/3d Presenter: Thomas Flynn | The Spatial Heritage Review X | LinkedIn

Slides and speaker notes here: bit.ly/DigiTeaIIIF25

30.06.2025 08:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Information Management SIG online DigITea talk session - June 18 2025
YouTube video by Chartered Institute for Archaeologists Admin Information Management SIG online DigITea talk session - June 18 2025

Interested in the latest developments in the WIP @iiif.bsky.social #3D specification?

Check out this presentation I made to the @cifa-imsig.bsky.social! (hint: you can try it out right now!)

πŸ”— www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKfM...

#interoperability #GLAM3D

30.06.2025 07:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Today's @iiif.bsky.social 3D group call is at 12 noon ET / 17.00 BST / 18.00 CEST.

We will recap the 3D spec launch at the IIIF Conference last week and plan some practical next steps for the group to support uptake and experimentation.

Join the group for more info: iiif.io/community/gr...

12.06.2025 09:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ“… Just one week to go!

Join us Wed 18 June, 12:30 BST for our next #DigITeaTalk with:

πŸŽ™οΈ @nebulousflynn.bsky.social on Enabling Interoperable Cultural 3D Data with IIIF

Free for all CIfA members (Β£5 non-members).

πŸ”— Sign up: tinyurl.com/DigITea-June

#3DData #IIIF #DigitalHeritage #CIfA #IMSIG

11.06.2025 07:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
3D scanning workshop at SMK – Statens Museum for Kunst

3D scanning workshop at SMK – Statens Museum for Kunst

3D scanning workshop at SMK – Statens Museum for Kunst

3D scanning workshop at SMK – Statens Museum for Kunst

New adventures in 3D!
Scanning superhero Jon Beck just scanned 20 SMK sculptures. We look forward to releasing them into the public domain as hi-quality 3D models ASAP!

Full list: open.smk.dk/shared-list?...

#openglam #dkkultur #openaccess

06.06.2025 12:07 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Excited for our next DigITea Talk on Wed 18 June, 12:30 BST! πŸŽ™οΈ

@nebulousflynn.bsky.social will explore Enabling Interoperable Cultural 3D Data with IIIF - a must for anyone working with digital heritage + 3D data.

Sign up: tinyurl.com/DigITea-June

#3DData #DigitalHeritage #DigITea #CIfA #IMSIG

04.06.2025 07:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Day 1 - Tuesday, June 3th IIIF is a set of open standards for delivering high-quality, attributed digital objects online at scale. It’s also an international community developing and implementing the IIIF APIs. IIIF is backed by a consortium of leading cultural institutions.

And we're off with the #IIIF conference: https://iiif.io/event/2025/leeds/day1-tuesday/ in #Leeds with the launch of the release candidate for v4 that introduces formal 3D support in IIIF lead by: https://iiif.io/community/groups/3d/tsg/ #3D #DH #DigitalScholarship

03.06.2025 08:51 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
We are working on a new exhibition!  Building plans for live- 3d models by Mieke Roth  Mieke Roth makes the fascinating world of animal anatomy beautifully insightful. Her 3d models looks like works of art but are all scientifically correct.

We are working on a new exhibition! Building plans for live- 3d models by Mieke Roth Mieke Roth makes the fascinating world of animal anatomy beautifully insightful. Her 3d models looks like works of art but are all scientifically correct.

From March 29 to August 31 you can see my work in the Natural History Museum Rotterdam. Building plans for life - 3D models from Mieke Roth The exhibition is both in English and in Dutch.

www.hetnatuurhistorisch.nl/exposities/n...

28.03.2025 15:19 β€” πŸ‘ 76    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 8
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image it should GIFing

12.05.2025 13:53 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I wrote something on why Meta's AI-generated 3D assets are slippery slope for creators and audiences, & why the cultural heritage sector is perfectly placed to demonstrate the benefits of authentic 3D data in the age of the metaverse.

πŸ”— nebulousflynn.substack.com/p/ai-authent...

#GLAM3D

12.05.2025 10:00 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Stirrup Spout Vessel with Spiral Design - Download Free 3D model by hartlsophia80 Chavin, Andean, 8th-2nd Century BCE, 3D scan from Tufts University Art Gallery Collection 8.75in x 5.5in - Stirrup Spout Vessel with Spiral Design - Download Free 3D model by hartlsophia80

Also: CC-BY:
β€’ "Stirrup Spout Vessel with Spiral Design" (skfb.ly/pwzIL) by hartlsophia80.
β€’ "Tower of the Church of Verneuil-sur-Avre" (skfb.ly/pwxJB) by Lionel.

β€’ "1986.7 Shakyamuni"(skfb.ly/pvAVL) by Cleveland Museum of Art is dedicated via CC0 to the Public Domain.

30.04.2025 11:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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