University of Southern California

The University of Southern California has formed a partnership with Cultural Heritage Imaging, with assistance from Hewlett-Packard Labs, to develop technology that is capable of providing a three-dimensional, multi-view representation of cultural objects that will be downloadable and available over the Internet. This project is a modification of Reflection Transformation Imaging, which until now presented views of only one surface of the objects. The project should result in a tool that will simplify the technology for ease of use by almost any museum. It will also produce the complete process history for each digital object, enabling replication by scholars. The target audience includes museums of all sizes, scholars and students of material culture, cultural heritage professionals, and the interested public. This project has the potential to set a new standard of best practice for digital representations of cultural heritage material.