3D Reconstruction in an Illumination Dome

The illumination dome provides a stable environment for photography of cultural heritage objects with multi-directional lighting. Photogrammetry for 3D reconstruction, on the other hand, is usually based on an image set taken under ambient lighting by a hand-held camera moved to many positions around the object. This study investigated whether the photogrammetric image sets could be captured entirely within the dome and compared their accuracy with laser scan data.