Direct Dimensions New York, at the Turnbull Townhouse’s Collective, focuses on research, innovation, and the use of digital, optical, and laser scanning technologies to capture the three-dimensional shape of physical objects and the characteristics of spaces. 

We deploy integrated hardware and software platforms to illuminate the environment with laser light, measuring the reflection’s return time with sensors. Our technology includes airborne, terrestrial, and transport applications. We also use photogrammetry technologies—complementary photographic shape acquisition methods—to augment the realism and accuracy of our virtual assets. 

The combined processes generate sets of data points in a coordinate system, representing the exact size and shape of a three-dimensional object within virtual space. 

Direct Dimensions New York is an expansion of the founding company, Direct Dimensions Inc.; located in Baltimore, Maryland, and led by its principal Michael Raphael. It is one of the world's leading authority on the application of three dimensional scanning technology. The New York hub focuses years of acquired expertise in data measurement, analysis, and reverse engineering to digitally clone three-dimensional shapes, explore virtual platforms within the fields of retail, fashion, fine art, and media.