We’re documenting something that really has needed to be documented, but in a way that’s really comprehensive and shareable.” ...

Located in the middle of the South Pacific, thousands of miles from the nearest continent, Easter Island (Rapa Nui) is one of ...

Archeologists have used drones and photogrammetry to create a map of the quarry that produced 95 of Easter Island's statues.

Rano Raraku, a steep-sided crater on the southeastern coast of Rapa Nui (as locals call the island), was the heart of moai ...

A high-resolution 3D model of Rano Raraku shows that the moai were created in many distinct carving zones. Instead of a ...

A first-ever 3D model of the Rano Raraku quarry lets anyone examine Easter Island’s iconic statue workshop in vivid detail.

Archaeologists studied hundreds of unfinished stone heads in a quarry on Easter Island to better understand how they were ...

A look at how UMaine’s massive polymer 3D printer is transforming nuclear reactor construction by cutting costs and improving ...

Unfinished moai attached to bedrock by “keels” along their backs demonstrate how carvers worked underneath from both sides until figures were separated from the source material. This production stage, ...

World models represent the next frontier in AI, enabling machines to create immersive, interactive 3D environments with realistic physics and responsive inhabitants.

The partnership with NVIDIA, Pixar, Adobe, & Autodesk aims to standardize 3D assets for AI infrastructure & gigawatt-scale ...

If you’ve ever spent hours in Blender painstakingly sculpting 3D models, you know how tedious it can be to get every vertex, edge, and texture just right. That’s exactly why I was curious to try Tripo ...