From 2021 to 2022 ThinkSee3D Ltd worked on a 20 minute 3D animated film for the charity International Primary Care Respiratory Group (IPCRG) creating a mix of 3D anatomical shots of lungs, natural environments including a park scene and realistic animated human avatars to demonstrate breathing techniques. The film is an educational tool for healthcare workers in remote parts of the world. The film was produced by ThinkSee3D using Epic Games Unreal Engine 4 & 5, including the use of Metahumans, and internal body shots with Blender 3D. The script and voice over were provided by IPCRG.
ThinkSee3D & Britain's largest Ichthyosaur
In the summer of 2021 ThinkSee3D’s Steven Dey 3D photogrammetry scanned the largest complete Ichthyosaur ever discovered in the British Isles. This discovery was announced to the media in January 2022 and featured on various global news channels and was a segment on BBC2’s ‘Digging For Britain’.
ThinkSee3D’s 3D model of the Rutland Ichthyosaur Temnodontosaurus (Trigonodon?)
ThinkSee3D founder, Steve Dey, at the Rutland Ichthyosaur dig.
This remarkable 10m long specimen was found at a nature reserve in Rutland, England. Steve scanned the ichthyosaur in-situ over 2 days and even helped extract the huge fossil from the mudstone.
The 3D model shows the specimen as it looked in the ground (from 3 stages of the dig). This 3D model can be seen online at ThinkSee3D’s Sketchfab account, https://skfb.ly/o8xzq. See also a concept video created by ThinkSee3D showing the live animal. Click Here.
ThinkSee3D also rendered the 3D model into an ultra high resolution image which was then printed on a 10m long banner. This banner was printed 3 times for public engagement activities. The specimen itself will be conserved over the next few years and eventually put on display in Rutland.
This project was sponsored by Anglian Water, Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust, the Pilgrim Trust and Rutland County Council. The dig was run by Dr Dean Lomax & Dr Nigel Larkin.
ThinkSee3D founder Steven Dey with the plaster jacketed Rutland Ichthyosaur and the 10m long banner he created.
ThinkSee3D professional photogrammetry studio
ThinkSee3D are a professional 3D photogrammetry studio specialising in heritage applications. [Photogrammetry is a computational method which creates digital 3D models from digital photographs.]
ThinkSee3D use a custom photography scanning rig and a unique photogrammetry pipeline that delivers beautiful high resolution colour 3D digital models. We also know how to present those 3D models in artistic ways including in virtual environments (shown below). We have experience of scanning natural history (skulls and skeletons), palaeontology (dinosaurs, marine reptiles and trace fossils) and cultural heritage objects (from ancient Egypt and Rome to Victorian era objects).
Bottlenose whale for Hull Maritime Museum
T-Rex Femur
Egyptian god Bes - a digital 3D model with and without colour texture in a virtual environment
Contested Heritage and Digital Replication
We created 48 reproductions for a university research project exploring the subject of contested heritage with primary school children. Due to the COVID restrictions this project had to be completed with no new 3D scans and relied on fixing older scans and creating digital 3D models from scratch using our digital sculpting services. Despite the challenges the quality of the results have been very pleasing to all involved. This project shows the great potential of 3D digital to physical replication, even when perfect 3D data is not available.
Replicas from the Ashmolean Museum made by ThinkSee3D are now available
We are proud to announce that in cooperation with the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, ThinkSee3D have produced a first set of unique and rare collectible replicas suitable for display in the home, workplace, other museums or as props in research or educational contexts. Available to buy directly from the ThinkSee3D website, every purchase will help fund the wonderful Ashmolean Museum as well as our innovative digital and physical 3D work.
Three Ashmolean objects are available so far with many more to follow, see our product page where you can also buy our wider collection of museum art pieces, historical sculptures and other natural and cultural wonders.
Amun in the form of a Ram shielding 25th dynasty King Taharqa - a scaled down replica in a stone composite
Palmyra shrouded woman tomb portrait wearing Roman fashion