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Abstract

Real world objects, such as works of art, archeological artifacts and even common everyday objects, exhibit large variations in color due to the way light is reflected from their surfaces. A high quality digitization method must be capable of capturing these effects if the digital models generated from the real objects are to look realistic. In this article, we present an efficient method for acquiring high quality models of real world objects. The resulting digital models can be viewed under arbitrary viewing and lighting conditions. The efficient acquisition technique, small size, high quality, and versatility of the generated models make this technique well suited for large digital collections.