3D rock carvings recorded with simple equipment – tech – 18 September 2006 – New Scientist Tech

Sounds like a step in the right direction. Wonder if using a solidstate laser with a refraction grid would give any better resolution? Since the article is so sparse info wise there isn’t really much to speculate with though…

Update:  Guess I should have looked harder for a link.  There actually is one!  Company is SINTEF and there is quite a bit more than in the article including a downloadable PDF with some stuff that isn’t on the page.  Says that the resolution is 1/10,000 of the object scanned.  Not shabby at all!