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ETI has a fully-equiped mobile studio to photograph any object in 3D. We produce both stereoscopic images, which give an illusion of depth when viewed through coloured glasses, and Quicktime VR images, which can be rotated and tilted by the user so the object can be viewed from every angle.
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ZMA - Bird type specimens online
ETI has photographed the bird types of the Zoological Museum Amsterdam (ZMA) in 3D and made them available online. This use of 3D imaging was groundbreaking enough to deserve a mention in the Netwatch feature of Science (Vol. 307, 7 januari 2005). The site was also nominated by Archives and Museum Informatics for its Best of the Web award. It has recently been extended with pictures and descriptions of 450+ threatened and extinct birds in the ZMA collection.
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Naturalis - Extinct birds
More than ten million natural history objects have been brought together since the foundation of the Dutch National Museum of Natural History Naturalis. As an important part of this 'biodiversity archive' the museum cherishes 250.000 birds. ETI has photographed the 135 mounts, skins and skeletons of the extinct birds in the Naturalis collection in 3D. The web site is available in both the English and Dutch language.
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Stereo images
When viewed through coloured glasses these images give an illusion of depth. The photo of an orchid on the left, for example, needs to be viewed with a red-blue pair of glasses. ETI is considering including stereo images in a forthcoming title in the Flora Malesiana: Orchids of New Guinea series.
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