Museums · Film · Gaming

Millimetre-accurate 3D scans of objects, artifacts and props

From a whole site down to a single artifact. Drone mapping captures the landscape, our Matterport Pro3 captures interiors, and our Creality Sermoon P1S handheld scanner captures the objects inside them, to a fraction of a millimetre.

From site to artifact

One crew, every scale

Drone mapping, interior capture, object scanning and detail photography, all tied to the same RTK control, so every model lines up with the site.

From orbit to artifact

How our tools cover a desert archaeological site

  • GPS signal
  • RTK corrections
  • Satellite internet
How our tools work together on a desert archaeological site Illustration of a desert dig. A drone maps the whole site; a GNSS base station on a tripod locks to GPS satellites and sends RTK corrections; a 3D camera captures under a pop-up canopy; a handheld 3D scanner scans a vessel; a camera on a tripod photographs the trench; and a pickup with a satellite dish connects to internet satellites. 1 2 3 4 5 6
  1. 1Drone mappingDJI Matrice 4E maps the whole site and its landscape.
  2. 2RTK accuracyEmlid GNSS base locks to GPS satellites and corrects every capture.
  3. 3InteriorsMatterport Pro3 and Insta360 X5 under the canopy and in buildings.
  4. 4ObjectsSermoon P1S scans artifacts to a fraction of a millimetre.
  5. 5Detail photographySony A7R V for trench walls, finds and true colour.
  6. 6Field connectivityStarlink on our pickup: data checked before we leave site.

Note: every capture is tied to the same RTK control, so drone, interior and object models line up.Illustration: CVUAS · Icons: Tabler Icons (MIT)

What the scanner does

Fine detail, captured on location

  • Fine detail: blue-laser accuracy rated up to 0.02 mm, with volumetric accuracy of 0.02 mm + 0.08 mm per metre, measured in the lab. Every job ships with our own scale check.
  • Any size from a coin to a car: objects from about 5 mm up to 4 m. There are 34-line, 7-line and single-line blue laser modes for detail, and an infrared structured-light mode for fast passes over larger pieces.
  • Scans on location with no PC: the scanner processes the scan itself and runs on swappable batteries. It works in storerooms, galleries, field labs, sound stages and remote sites.
  • Non-contact: nothing touches the object. We work to your collections care and handling rules.
  • Full-colour texture: we add high-resolution Sony A7R V photography where the colour has to be hero quality.

Three scales of 3D capture

Sites
DJI Matrice 4E drone mapping with RTK
Interiors
Matterport Pro3 and Insta360 X5
Objects
Creality Sermoon P1S handheld scanner

Sample scans coming soon.

How we support you

Scans built for how you'll use them

Museum digitization & archaeology

  • Accurate 3D records of artifacts, ceramics, tools, bone and inscriptions, for archives, research and condition records
  • Models for online exhibits, education and 3D-printed replicas
  • Site context: we combine object scans with RTK drone mapping and Matterport interiors
  • A processing log for every model, so archives know exactly how it was made

Film & VFX

  • Props, set pieces, vehicles and location elements, scanned on set or on location
  • Digital doubles of practical props for VFX, previs and continuity
  • Location and set capture at every scale, from aerial to interior to object

Gaming & animation

  • Game-ready assets: retopology, UVs, LODs and baked PBR maps (colour, normal, height, AO, roughness)
  • True real-world scale, ready for Unreal and Unity
  • Scanned real-world detail that hand-modelling can't match

Captured, not generated

Every surface is measured

We build every model from measured scan data and our own photography. No generative AI is used to fill, retexture or invent detail. That matters for archives that need an authentic record, and for productions with AI-disclosure rules.

DELIVERABLEFORMATS
Raw scan meshOBJ · PLY · STL
Textured modelOBJ + texture maps
Game-ready assetFBX · glTF, LODs, PBR maps
3D-print modelSTL
Point cloudPLY
Scan reportPDF, scale check and processing log

How it works

From scope call to finished model

  1. 01

    Scope

    Objects, sizes, handling rules, deliverables and schedule.

  2. 02

    Scan

    On site, with colour and scale references in every session.

  3. 03

    Process

    Meshing and clean-up in-house, checked against the scale reference.

  4. 04

    Deliver

    Models in your formats, plus the scan report.

Tell us about your objects

Send what you need scanned, its size and how the model will be used. We reply with a scope and a quote.

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