In November of 2008 xRez Studio was asked to join Insight Digital on an expedition to Egypt to help create a documentary for the French Channel 3 Television show “Le secret des Pharaons bâtisseurs” on “Des Racines & Des Ailes” directed by Frédéric Wilner. Now there is an American version of this film on the National Geographic Channel called “Sunken Treasures of the Nile” The show will be airing August 3rd 2010 at 1PM.(...)
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Post tags: Des Racines & Des Ailes, Egypt, Microsoft, National Geographic, National Geographic Channel, Photogrammetry, Photosynth, Polynomial Texture Mapping

The USC School of Cinematic Arts has had an ongoing relationship w/ TBS producer Norico Wada, specifically in the Division of Animation and Digital Arts, where xRez Studio partner Eric Hanson instructs 3d computer graphics and visual effects classes. She introduced USC to the work of Mr. Masaaki Tanabe, a Japanese filmmaker who lived as a child adjacent to the famed “Peace Dome” building at the time of the blast. (...)
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In November of 2005, xRez Team member Greg Downing was asked to take part in an intensive documentation project of the world heritage site of Tikal. Tikal is an ancient Mayan site located in a wildlife preserve in the Petén region of Guatemala. This was a special opportunity to explore the application of xRez Studio technology for world heritage and to work with teams from UC Berkeley, Cyark, and UNESCO. (...)
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Post tags: Archeology, Cyark, Fulldome, HDRI, Photogrammetry, Temple IV, Tikal, Time-lapse, UNESCO, VRMag

One problem surrounding the needs of cultural heritage research is the acquisition of static on-site photography, which may limit perceived detail in the artifacts later upon inspection. One method which allows re-lighting of artifacts during research is HP Labs researcher Tom Malzbender’s work in polynomial texture mapping, or PTM.(...)
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Post tags: Capitol Reef, Colorado Plateau, Gigapixel, Horseshoe Canyon, Multi-spectral, Native American, Polynomial Texture Mapping, PTM, Rochester, Rock Art, Sego Canyon, Sinbad