Innovation
Rooted in research, we design our own devices and software to push what can be observed and shared through imaging.
ABOUT
From research to expert imaging.
Mercurio Imaging designs devices, carries out complex acquisitions and builds tools to observe and share objects through imaging.
The company
Ten years turning research into useful tools.
Mercurio Imaging’s story follows a path from public research, through startup support, to production of expert imaging tools.
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2016
Research at MAP, towards maturation
Eloi Gattet was then a CNRS researcher at the MAP laboratory, developing digitisation solutions combining RTI and photogrammetry. He joined the CNRS pre-maturation programme ahead of technology transfer.
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2017
Incubation at Impulse
Eloi Gattet brought the project to the Impulse incubator to accelerate structuring of the future industrial device and prepare company creation.
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2018
Mercurio Imaging founded
The company was founded after an incubation period within CNRS laboratories, time spent refining its first digital acquisition devices.
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2018-2020
Scanners and object digitisation
Focus on developing scanners to automate object digitisation, building on 3D photogrammetry and RTI (Reflectance Transformation Imaging).
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2021
Platform focus
Launch of a full environment dedicated to expert imaging: bringing together tools and services to observe and valorise objects.
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Today
A complete offering
A range of scanners, digitisation services for those who prefer not to invest in hardware, and the Mercurio-IE platform to produce and share content.
Our values
Innovation. Transmission. Responsibility.
Sharing information through imaging is Mercurio’s purpose. We believe image and smart digital technologies are powerful vectors of transmission. We want to connect experts and the public, simply and effectively, at the highest quality level.
Transmission
Sharing information through imaging is our reason for being. We want to connect experts and the public, simply and effectively.
Responsibility
Quality, realism, professional rigour and positive impact: we commit our expertise to producing reliable, lasting content.
Team
Two complementary skills, one shared standard.
Mercurio Imaging is built on a partnership between imaging and development, serving demanding, sustainable expert imaging.
Eloi Gattet
Imaging & R&D
Photogrammetry, RTI, imaging applied to heritage
Designs acquisition systems, leads R&D and develops the Mercurio-IE platform.
Fabrice Martinez
Strategy & business development
Strategy, business development, organisation
Develops the business and supports deployment of Mercurio solutions with institutions and partners.
Open source
Standing on research.
Rooted in research, we build on, and contribute to, reference open source projects from the scientific community.
OpenLIME
Open Layered IMage Explorer
Open source web library for interactive exploration of high-resolution multi-layer images: RTI, multispectral, deep zoom, annotations.
cnr-isti-vclab/openlime View on GitHub → GitHub → Relight
Scientific RTI tools
Open source suite from the VCLab (CNR-ISTI, Pisa) for RTI computation, compression and viewing, at the heart of our acquisition pipeline.
cnr-isti-vclab/relight View on GitHub → GitHub → Capabilities
An integrated chain, from device to platform.
Mercurio combines workshop, R&D, software development and field capacity to deliver end-to-end expert imaging projects.
- Workshop and digitisation studio
- RTI devices and acquisition rigs
- Software development and web viewers
- Prototyping and 3D printing
- Field capacity and on-site interventions
- Mercurio-IE platform for valorisation
Credibility
Press coverage.
Articles, interviews and awards documenting Mercurio’s path from research to institutional projects.
Press review
- Parco Archeologico di Pompei · 2026 Bruits de couloir: Shedding New Light on Ancient Graffiti
- Sorbonne Université · 2026 Pompéi : le projet de recherche international « Bruits de couloir » découvre et réinterprète de nouveaux graffiti antiques
- AFP / France24 · 2026 Les graffiti de Pompéi mis en lumière par la science
- Le Journal du CNRS · 2024 Le CNRS à Vivatech : Mercurio numérise les objets d’art
- Podcast Le Déclic · 2024 Éloi Gattet, fondateur de Mercurio
- CNRS · YouTube · 2022 Appel à projets « Services numériques innovants » : Mercurio, Eloi Gattet (bloc de l’Alcazar, Musée d’Histoire de Marseille)
- Images du CNRS · 8 avr. 2022 Le bloc de l’Alcazar en lumière · Reportage CNRS
- Le Journal des Arts · 2021 Article presse (scan PDF)
- Les Echos · 2021 Article presse (scan PDF)
- Techniques de l’Ingénieur · 2019 Article presse (scan PDF)
- Sciences et Avenir · 2018 Article presse (scan PDF)
- La Provence · 2018 Du labo de recherche à la start-up
Award
Geste d’Or Heritech Prize 2021
Award for the Alcazar Block project with the Musée d’Histoire de Marseille.
An expert imaging project?
Digitisation, custom device, platform: let’s talk. We reply to every enquiry within a few days.