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Smithsonian Creates the First-ever 3D Presidential Portrait [ 2014 ]
The President, in 3D
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The Obama White House
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Published on Dec 2, 2014
Recently, the Smithsonian stopped by the White House to take a 3D portrait of President Obama, in what will be be the highest resolution digital model of a head of state. Take a look at the process, and the 3D rendering created from this technology
1,005,951 views
The Obama White House
385K subscribers
Published on Dec 2, 2014
Recently, the Smithsonian stopped by the White House to take a 3D portrait of President Obama, in what will be be the highest resolution digital model of a head of state. Take a look at the process, and the 3D rendering created from this technology
From https://dpo.si.edu/blog/smithsonian-creates-first-ever-3d-presidential-portrait
Smithsonian Creates the First-ever 3D Presidential Portrait
By Günter Waibel, Director, Digitization Program Office, OCIO on Tue, 12/02/2014 - 13:00
The first presidential portraits created from 3-D scan data are now on display in the Smithsonian Castle. The portraits of President Barack Obama were created based on data collected by a Smithsonian-led team of 3-D digital imaging specialists and include a digital and 3-D printed bust and life mask. A new video released today by the White House (and shown below) details the behind-the-scenes process of scanning, creating and printing the historic portraits. The portraits will be on view in the Commons gallery of the Castle starting today, Dec. 2, through Dec. 31. The portraits were previously displayed at the White House Maker Faire June 18.
Two years ago, Adam Metallo and Vincent Rossi created a vision document titled “Next Generation 3D Portraiture: A Digital Life Mask of President Obama.” One year ago, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) first heard about this gleam in our eye, and the Smithsonian’s new Presidential Innovation Fellow Diego Mayer-Cantu became our advocate. Six months later, in the State Dining Room of the White House, a Smithsonian-led team created the first 3D portrait of a United States President.
People have always sought to document their leaders with the best technology available in their time, and the Smithsonian collects the results of these efforts as bust, paintings and photographs in the National Portrait Gallery. We think that this 3D Portrait will add a new genre to the ever-evolving modalities for presidential portraiture. One of the inspirations for the project were the compelling Lincoln life masks we scanned for Smithsonian X 3D. Created in 1860 and 1865, they capture President Lincoln one year before he took office, and two months before his assassination. The marked changes in the President's facial features speak volumes about the anguish and horror of the Civil War, and connect us back in a profound way to the President’s life and times, as well as his legacy.
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By Günter Waibel, Director, Digitization Program Office, OCIO on Tue, 12/02/2014 - 13:00
The first presidential portraits created from 3-D scan data are now on display in the Smithsonian Castle. The portraits of President Barack Obama were created based on data collected by a Smithsonian-led team of 3-D digital imaging specialists and include a digital and 3-D printed bust and life mask. A new video released today by the White House (and shown below) details the behind-the-scenes process of scanning, creating and printing the historic portraits. The portraits will be on view in the Commons gallery of the Castle starting today, Dec. 2, through Dec. 31. The portraits were previously displayed at the White House Maker Faire June 18.
Two years ago, Adam Metallo and Vincent Rossi created a vision document titled “Next Generation 3D Portraiture: A Digital Life Mask of President Obama.” One year ago, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) first heard about this gleam in our eye, and the Smithsonian’s new Presidential Innovation Fellow Diego Mayer-Cantu became our advocate. Six months later, in the State Dining Room of the White House, a Smithsonian-led team created the first 3D portrait of a United States President.
People have always sought to document their leaders with the best technology available in their time, and the Smithsonian collects the results of these efforts as bust, paintings and photographs in the National Portrait Gallery. We think that this 3D Portrait will add a new genre to the ever-evolving modalities for presidential portraiture. One of the inspirations for the project were the compelling Lincoln life masks we scanned for Smithsonian X 3D. Created in 1860 and 1865, they capture President Lincoln one year before he took office, and two months before his assassination. The marked changes in the President's facial features speak volumes about the anguish and horror of the Civil War, and connect us back in a profound way to the President’s life and times, as well as his legacy.
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