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Direct Dimensions Transforms Our Digital Universe
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Abe Lincoln's steps in Washington started in Owings Mills. It was the latest digital technology from Direct Dimensions, which helped Lincoln come alive in the movie.
"We were asked to do this [Lincoln Project] right after 9/11. The studio found us through our website, where we had some information about the Lincoln Project. So the idea was to show the government that these objects could be imaged in 3-D and preserved, digitally forever. They saw we had used some of our laser technology to image Abe Lincoln at the Lincoln Memorial," said Michael Raphael, CEO of Direct Dimensions.
The company digitizes physical objects of almost any size in 3-D.
"Direct Dimensions takes physical objects of almost any nature, small and large, and we digitize or image these objects from physical shape into the computer in 3-D in high definition, high resolution, so these physical objects are now in the computer in 3-D," said Raphael.
Four digital cameras take the pictures. A laser scanner takes the full body shot. They've imaged William Donald Schaefer and Ray Lewis. The tomb of the unknown and even an "Air Jordan" helped create a new nose for a soldier wounded in Iraq.
It's the shape of things to come.
"We have a lot of fun; we have a lot of toys. We call them tools. You name it we've seen it, we've scanned it, from little to big, we've done aircraft carriers and nuclear submarines," said Raphael.
Direct Dimensions was started in 1995 using technology first developed in the aerospace industry.
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