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The Met Releases High-Definition 3D Scans of 140 Famous Art Objects: Sarcophagi, Van Gogh Paintings, Marble Sculptures & More

jandrese: It's kind of annoying that the 3D viewer on their website keep you a respectful distance away from the object like you might try to touch it if you got too close.

knolan: It works really well with the AR viewer on mobile Safari.

LeifCarrotson: Interesting, on desktop Firefox I can barely zoom in past the point that the object fills the FOV.I want to be permitted to navigate up close to a point where I can see the pixels and triangle meshes, as if I was a millimeter away from some brush stroke or chisel mark, and then back out just a bit.

danielvaughn: Glad this was one of the objects captured, it's absolutely stunning to see in person: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/24671I wish they had captured one of their Faberge eggs; those are almost more impressive.

bilsbie: I wanted to try printing one but so far all of them seem like they’d be kind of disturbing to display in my house.