Media

Press Releases

Polhemus Announces DeltaView™, Volume and Surface Measurement Software for the FastSCAN™ 3D Scanner

Hanger and Polhemus team to develop 3D laser-scanning technology for prosthetic and orthotic applications

Scientific Publications

Xiaolan Li, Jie Feng, Hongbin Zha, ' 3D Modelling of Geological Fossils and Ores by Combining High-resolution Textures with 3D Scanning Data', Ninth International Conference on Virtual Systems and MultiMedia 2003, Montreal, Canada, October 2003

B McKernan, T Deans, S Bydder, M Nixon, D Joseph, 'Surface laser scanning to produce immobilisation casts for radiotherapy', Proceedings of the Annual Scientific Meeting of Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy (ASMMIRT), Cairns, Australia, May 2004

G Bashein, ME Legget, PR Detmer, 'Pointwise assessment of three-dimensional computer reconstruction of mitral leaflet surfaces from rotationally scanned echocardiograms in vitro', Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, Vol 17, No 3, March 2004, pp 239-246

JA Harrison, MA Nixon, WR Fright, L Snape, 'Use of hand-held laser scanning in the assessment of facial swelling: A preliminary study', British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Vol 42, Issue 1, February 2004, pp 8-17

RJ Hennessy, A Kinsella, JL Waddington, '3D Laser Surface Scanning and Geometric Morphometric Analysis of Craniofacial Shape as an Index of Cerebro-Craniofacial Morphogenesis: Initial Application to Sexual Dimorphism', Biological Psychiatry, Vol 51, 2002, pp 507-514

RJ Hennessy, JL Waddington, JP Moss, 'Localisation of Anatomical Features in the Human Face Using Differential Geometry', Proceedings of the Irish Machine Vision and Image Processing Conference, ed Adam Winstanley, ISBN 0 901519 53 7, pp 21-28, 2001, published by NUI Maynooth, Ireland

G Macaulay, A Hart, P Grimes, 'Echoes from fish: using lasers to study how much sound reflects off a fish', Water & Atmosphere, Vol 9, No 3, September 2001, pp 24-25

Articles

'Ring Masters: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings', Cinefex, No 89, 2002, pp 64-131, by J Duncan

Product Reviews

'Polhemus FastSCAN', Cadence, Vol 15, No 2, February 2000, pp 45-48, by Joe Greco

'Revolutionary Laser Scanning for Rapid Prototyping and Reverse Engineering', Time-Compression Technologies, January/February 2001, pp29-30, by Bill Panepinto

Video

FastSCAN Cobra Demo!

Hanger Insignia, prosthetics and orthotics scanning system, NewsCenter 5, The Boston Channel

Mask making for radiotheraphy treatment, at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, Australia; courtesy TV3 News. (MPEG 8,067 kB)

Weta Digital staff scanning the cave troll with FastSCAN for "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring"; Footage and stills courtesy of New Line Productions, Inc. © 2001 New Line Productions, Inc. TM The Saul Zaentz Company d/b/a Tolkien Enterprises under license to New Line Productions, Inc. All rights reserved. (MPEG 697 kB)

Formthotics animation segment based on data collected by the FastSCAN. (MPEG 1,014 kB)

FastSCAN appears in 'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit' (Season 3, 'Denial')

FastSCAN scans Will Smith during Men In Black II music video production

On the Web

FastSCAN appears on the official Lord of the Rings website. Under Inside the Effects, enter The Prologue and select 'Digital Scanning' from 'Orcs'; and 'Digital Lands' from 'The Battlefield' and see a 3D scanned model of the battlefield. "The hand-held laser scanner ... is a piece of technology we're using a lot on this show"

Industry Awards

The Polhemus FastSCAN has received the following industry awards:

Computer Graphics World magazine '1998 Innovation Award', recognizing it as one of the 20 best new products of 1998 that 'extend the frontiers of computer graphics technology'
Digital Producer Magazine, 'Best of 1998 Award'
Cadence magazine 'Show Stopper Award' at NDES 1999
Wired for 3D '1999 Editor’s Choice Winner'
AV Video Multimedia Producer magazine, '2000 Readers Choice Platinum Award'

On Tour

The Polhemus FastSCAN will be on display as part of The Lord of the Rings Exhibition, which has been developed over two years in conjunction with New Line Cinema. The Exhibition will be interactive and immersive, and will give people the opportunity to explore the world created for the film trilogy and the technology behind the movies. The exhibition tour itinerary includes the Science Museum, London (16 September 2003 to 11 January 2004); Singapore Science Centre (13 March to 4 June 2004); Museum of Science, Boston (1 August to 24 October 2004); and the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney (26 December 2004 to 31 March 2005).