J. Kaminsky, D. Pitzalis and F. Niccolucc FOCUS K3D Conference on Semantic 3D Media and Content, February 11-12, 2010, INRIA Sophia Antipolis - Méditerranée, France

1. 3D-COFORM: Making 3D documentation an
everyday choice for the Cultural Heritage sector
J. Kaminsky, D. Pitzalis and F. Niccolucci
e research leading to these results has received funding fromSophia Antipolis Seventh
the European Community's 1
Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement n° 231809.
11/12 February 2010

2. Introduction
● Integrated Project:
● Funded by European Community's Seventh Framework
Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under agreement 231809
● EU funding period:
● 01-12-2008 / 30-11-2012
● Total budget:
● 8M Euros
e research leading to these results has received funding from the European Community's Seventh 2
Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement n° 231809.

3. Contacts
● Official Project Contributor of the Europeana
v1.0 ematic Network
● Advisor in 3D technologies for ICOM-CC
e research leading to these results has received funding from the European Community's Seventh 3
Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement n° 231809.

4. Objectives
To advance the state-of-the-art in 3D-digitization
and to establish 3D-documentation an affordable,
practical and effective everyday choice for long
term documentation of tangible cultural heritage.
e research leading to these results has received funding from the European Community's Seventh 4
Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement n° 231809.

5. How: technical research
● 3D-capture
● 3D-processing
● the semantics of shape
● material properties
● metadata and provenance
● integration with other sources
● dissemination to the public and professional alike
e research leading to these results has received funding from the European Community's Seventh 5
Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement n° 231809.

6. How: business aspects
● business models for exploitation of 3D assets
● workflow planning and execution for mass digitization
● socio-economic impact assessment
● the creation of a Virtual Centre of Competence in 3D
digitization
● setup of one or more demonstrator activities involving
real exhibition
e research leading to these results has received funding from the European Community's Seventh 6
Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement n° 231809.

7. Consortium
● 14 partners to form a world class team on 3D technologies
● an equally prestigious group of Cultural Heritage organizations:
● C2RMF, the research arm of the French Ministry of Culture
● CULTNAT, the digitization body for cultural and natural heritage
funded by the Egyptian Government
● Victoria and Albert Museum as a full partner
● collaborations with:
● the Louvre, the Florentine Museums authority, the Museum of the
Imperial Forums in Rome, UNESCO World Heritage Sites in
Cyprus and the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin.
e research leading to these results has received funding from the European Community's Seventh 7
Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement n° 231809.

8. 3D acquisition
● Already existent technologies to be improved:
● Web based reconstruction (photogrammetry)
● Laser scanner acquisition
● Structured light acquisition
● In-hand scanner
● New technologies:
● Dome, portable dome
● Bidirectional Texture Function
e research leading to these results has received funding from the European Community's Seventh 8
Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement n° 231809.

9. 3D artefacts processing and analysing
e research leading to these results has received funding from the European Community's Seventh 9
Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement n° 231809.

10. 3D artefacts synthesis
e research leading to these results has received funding from the European Community's Seventh 10
Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement n° 231809.

11. Business case
e research leading to these results has received funding from the European Community's Seventh 11
Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement n° 231809.

12. Archaeological site documentation
• 3D data acquisition – integration of diff erent techniques
– Ard3D, photogrammetry
– Laser scanning, TOF
– Spheron
• 3D-COFORM repository
– 3D digital library
– Provenance and long term data preservation
– Multi-lingual aspects
• 3D reconstruction
– Meshlab
• 3D representation for research versus public outreach
– Story telling
– Evolution of a multi-stratifi ed site
– Implementation of London Charter principles
– Re-contextualization of fi nds
e research leading to these results has received funding from the European Community's Seventh 12
Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement n° 231809.

13. Archaeological site documentation
e research leading to these results has received funding from the European Community's Seventh 13
Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement n° 231809.

14. Contacts
Website:
h5p://www.3d-­‐coform.eu
Denis
Pitzalis
–
d.pitzalis@cyi.ac.cy
e research leading to these results has received funding from the European Community's Seventh 14
Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement n° 231809.