3D scanning and visual dimension – Technological and creative evolution

Abstract

Humans have been trying to imitate and represent the world visually since ancient time. With the development of technology and computational visualization, the transformation of the imaging techniques from conventional media to 3D scanning as a new representation method with digital data generated has been widely applied especially in the creative aspect in recent years. 3D scanning technology provides us a new insight to understand the formation and essence of photographic imaging, in which the 3-dimensional image formation provides us with more layers to understand the sensory and knowledge about time and space, cognitive of being, and the technological and creative evolution in art. This paper attempts to discuss the essential transformation in dimensional imagery with human factors and its aesthetic experiences through digital art means and philosophical approach.