Image Formation on the Shroud of Turin - a Digital 3D Approach

Abstract

Many people believe that the Shroud of Turin is the cloth that was used to wrap Jesus Christ after his death, while others consider it a medieval work or even a forgery from that period. This artifact has generated significant controversy and debate, especially with the advent of new technologies and the recent popularity of social networks. This study seeks to present a simple and objective explanation about the element of origin that imprinted in a fabric the figure of an adult man with signs of physical violence, indicating that the pattern corresponds more to a low-relief origin than to the volumetry of a real human body in a post-mortem state. The work is based on a digital environment, with free and open-source 3D modeling software.

Keywords: Graphic collision patterns, 3D computer graphics, fabric dynamics simulation, collision simulation, Shroud of Turin, open-source software