A team of U.S. Navy photographers joined me underwater SCUBA diving  documenting the photogrammetry technique we used underwater in Pearl Harbor Hawaii last week.

Below is a quick video of the vie capturing photos of the USS Arizona and USS Utah as well as me albeit a little tired and exhausted unscripted during the project explaining how we at Autodesk were using photogrammetry using Autodesk ReCap Photo and 3D Printing as well as SONAR and LiDAR technologies to capture the iconic ships in 3D to use in education, preservation, and research.

It was truly a humbling honor to participate in this amazing and historic 3D survey project with the U.S. National Park Service and several amazing partners on this pro-bono project. I still cannot believe I played a small part in the first survey in 30 years of these solemn U.S. national landmark. I will be back there for the December memorial events.

http://vimeo.com/110540676

Video by Brett Cote U.S. Navy Combat Camera

-Shaan

The 3D prints shown of the USS Arizona 3D captured artifacts that remain on the deck of the USS Arizona the 1941 Coke bottle and cooking pot were printed by Whiteclouds.com.

Read more about the project and a television report on the project:
USS Arizona and USS Utah 3D Survey Project
USS Arizona in 3D
3D Prints of USS Arizona Artifacts
USS Arizona in 3D Project Behind the Scenes