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The Smithsonian Institution
Museum of Natural History
Washington, D. C.
Triceratops Skeleton
Scope of Work:
The 1903 massive skeleton of triceratops was in serious disrepair and in danger of collapse. Scansite traveled to Washington and spent 6 weeks in dinosaur hall digitizing each bone of the fragile specimen.
The resulting data was re-assembled into the first complete digital dinosaur ever! Next, the information was input into an animation program to determine just how triceratops would have moved. Additionally, it was revealed that triceratops was actually constructed from 16 different animals, so the decision was made to make an exact duplicate of a new skull scaled properly to fit the rest of the skeleton.
Museum of Natural History
Washington, D. C.
Triceratops Skeleton
Scope of Work:
The 1903 massive skeleton of triceratops was in serious disrepair and in danger of collapse. Scansite traveled to Washington and spent 6 weeks in dinosaur hall digitizing each bone of the fragile specimen.
The resulting data was re-assembled into the first complete digital dinosaur ever! Next, the information was input into an animation program to determine just how triceratops would have moved. Additionally, it was revealed that triceratops was actually constructed from 16 different animals, so the decision was made to make an exact duplicate of a new skull scaled properly to fit the rest of the skeleton.