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A $200 million contract with Deloitte and Boston Consulting Group renews criticism of contracts amended during COVID-19 as the cost of the Excelsior Pass rose.

Most scanning techniques only captures geometry and not the appearance. here, because we focus on high—quality appearance capture, the resolution comes from the reproduction of that appearance in a realistic manner in a 3—d rendering. here we have the 2—d renders. this one looks like those images where you see the sun damage to your skin. here, with controlled lighting conditions, we are analysing your skins reflections and breaking it into a constituent colour texture map, a shine map, a ...

Experience and tech are brought together to initially perfect stills from all angles, recreating any lighting before moving on to producing video. i have been doing research on facial appearance capture for over 15 years in academia, first at the university of southern california, where i worked on hollywood—scale scanning of actors�* faces for movies such as avatar. most scanning techniques only captures geometry and not the appearance. here, because we focus on high—quality appearance ca...

Recreating any lighting before moving on to producing video. i have been doing research on facial appearance capture for over 15 years in academia, first at the university of southern california, where i worked on hollywood scale scanning of actors�* faces for movies such as avatar. most scanning techniques only captures geometry and not the appearance. here, because we focus on high—quality appearance capture, the resolution comes from the reproduction of that appearance in a realistic mann...

When creating Gorillaz in the late-90s, both artists were likely aware it could easily be dismissed as a gimmick. To transcend doubtful preconceptions, quality would be paramount. Their debut album left no room for doubt: Albarns effortless collage of dub, hip hop, psych and indie rock was seamless, and a couple of indie hits in Clint Eastwood and 19-2000 meant Gorillaz became stars before doubters had much chance to question the concept. Two decades on from that debut album, we look at Gorill...