Me in 3D

See yourself in 3D at the Science Museum

How are our faces constructed? How does your face differ from other faces? What do you look like in another dimension? These questions will be explored in Me in 3D – a new event running from 11 January until 10 April at the Science Museum in London. Visitors can volunteer to have their photograph taken with a 3D camera and explore what their faces look like in another dimension.

The project is part of the Science Museum’s ongoing Live Science programme, where visitors can volunteer to take part in events by visiting scientists, which take place on the first floor of the Wellcome Wing.

The photographs, which will be taken using the latest 3D imaging technology, will be used to form the largest database of 3D facial images in the world and will help with vital research conducted by visiting surgeons from Great Ormond Street Hospital, University College Hospital and the Eastman Dental Hospital and Institute. The photographs will be used by the researchers to study patterns in face shape. This could help the surgeons improve treatment for patients with facial disfigurement.

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