Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository of Wikipedia, has introduced a new tool allowing contributors to upload 3D models to the site.
The 3D models, as with Wikipedia’s other media content i.e. photos, audio, vector and video files, will be embedded into the site’s existing articles, adding a new dimension to research done by the millions of readers who use the site every day.
A big step forward for the 3D community, many of the models are designed for 3D printing and academic reference.
3D印刷行业专门与乔纳森·贝克（Jonathan Beck）交谈扫描世界和one of the first 3D contributors to Wikimedia Commons, to discover more.
#NEWPALMYRA
将上传到Wikimedia Commons的第一个3D模型是Asad al-Lat雕像，这是一种从该雕塑中复活的雕塑巴尔米拉的废墟which was destroyed by ISIL in 2015.
asad al-latwas chosen as the first 3D model by Wikimedia Commons in memory of Bassel Khartabil, the Palestinian Syrian open-source software developer, executed for his activism by the Syrian government in 2015.
巴塞尔喀尔塔比尔的遗产生活在#NEWPALMYRA他开始的项目以数字方式重建城市using collected digital photographs.
吉尔斯·杜布克（Gilles dubuc）, one of the engineers behind the new 3D Wikimedia feature,注释, “Since I was familiar with 3D and had worked on the Media Viewer extension, I felt like this was a project where I could make a difference,”
“…The great importance of these free knowledge projects inspired me to work on 3D integration for Wikimedia projects to give a better platform for the hard work that people like Bassel put into documenting history.”
Wikimedia 3D型号的临时收藏已发展为包括历史雕塑和地标建筑，包括维纳斯·迪·米洛（Venus di Milo）,奥古斯特·罗丹（Auguste Rodin）的思想家和雅典的Parthenon.
每个人的艺术
扫描世界是3D文件托管网站myminifactory的非营利艺术和雕塑部分超过10,000该网站的40,000多个保证3D可打印文件。该项目的创始人和策展人贝克（Beck）自3D模型上传工具的开发阶段以来一直与Wikimedia Commons交谈。
“Wikipedia has always been a great influence on Scan the World’s collaborative approach for the democratization of culture and dissemination of knowledge,” said Beck, “as well as encouraging us to push for disrupting institutions to open their data to the public.”
For Beck, and the wider MyMiniFactory community, Wikimedia’s new tool is a validation of all the hard work that has gone into curating 3D content since Scan the World started in 2014.
“Our collaboration with Wikipedia reminds us that we’re working in the right direction for the future of sharing and obtaining information.”
他补充说：“希望它将提供更多的杠杆作用，以鼓励其他机构跟随SMK，Met和MuséeSaint-Raymond之类的人向世界开放数据。”
Photography powered
TheWikimedia博客公告在新功能中，它的帽子是使用摄影测量法制作的3D型号，鼓励更多的移动用户参与并上传他们的发现。
As a community-based initiative, photogrammetry is the predominant technology behind Scan the World’s entire art collection, accounting for around 85% of the overall content.
贝克说：“平台上的大多数模型源自我们的贡献者社区提供的摄影测量数据。”
“很高兴看到维基百科所接受的民主化技术鼓励人们扫描更多的物体。”
初始阶段摄影测量法can be done with a smartphone camera. The photos then need to be digitally stitched together, in a program such as Autodesk ReMake, and finished to make a complete model.
扫描世界为此提供了有用的指南如何开始扫描.
任何希望为3D模型的Wikimedia Commons档案做出贡献的人都可以简单地创建一个免费的Wikipedia帐户，并使用该网站的内部上传器。
Wikimedia Commons功能当前接受.STL文件，可以下载和优化3D打印。
您可以找到3D可打印扫描世界在这里对Wikimedia Commons的贡献。
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特色图像显示了梵蒂冈城梵蒂冈博物馆的Laocoön集团雕塑的3D模型。图片通过扫描世界/Wikimedia Commons
