Medical Visualization: Egyptology in 3D

Renderings of the Champollion mummy in VGStudio Max 2.0 reveal the mummy’s physiology through transparentized wrapping layers

The VGStudio Max 2.0 release introduced new technology, such as shadowing, which gives MAAT3D a better impression of volume and better control of colors. From an Egyptology standpoint, its most interesting feature is the ability to visually extract and separate structures. It enables the team to make the mummy’s cartonnage and wrappings transparent, yet visible, to provide a clear three-dimensional view of the body inside. MAAT3D does all this visualization exclusively on the Mac.