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Have deleted his profile page on gap. the pennsylvania governors race is a key race for democrats and democracy. listen to the rest of my interview with josh shapiro. >> we are speaking on the fourth anniversary of the mass shooting, at the tree of life synagogue here in pittsburgh. the deadliest attack on jewish people in the united states in our history. your reflections on this day? >> i came to pittsburgh that day in the hours after the shootings, the killings, and i will never be able to se...

Into an actual working device. i cant believe im actually speaking to you now, live, in la! im actually not a hologram, im really in this thing! let me out! we wanted to go from the boardroom and the conference room into the living room. you shouldnt have to be a millionaire or a celebrity, or even a digital resurrection of a late legend. this should be so grandpa and timmy can communicate, whether theyre ten miles away or 10,000 miles away. looking a lot smaller than i recall. when a volumetric...

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 ...

Materialises into a space, there isjust a much more emotional connection thatjust does not exist when you are just chest—up on a flat, 2—d display. this is sort of like if zoom and being there had a baby. its the real empty space within the box, the shadows on the inside walls, and the reflections that create the illusion of physical presence. 0h, paris hilton! i am so excited and proud to be a part of this! im looking at paris eyes, and shes looking back into mine. and wherever i am, lookin...

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...

0lde hansa at a super—touristy but fun mediaeval—themed restaurant, just around the corner from the gothic town hall. it claims its food is still made to 17th—century recipes. also nearby is niguliste museum, in the 12th century st nicholas church. the big show piece there is bernt notke�*s danse macabre, which invites you to think about the futility of life. and sauna culture is everywhere in estonia. theres a good chance therell will be one wherever youre staying, but look out for smok...

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...

On high—quality appearance capture, the resolution comes from the reproduction of that appearance in a realistic manner in a 3d rendering. here we have the 2d renders. this one looks like those images where you see the sun damage to your skin. here with controlled lighting conditions, were analysing your skins reflections and breaking it into a constituent colour texture map, a shine map, a shape map, which captures yourfine skin pores and and wrinkle detail... wrinkles, how dare you! i know. ...

We wanted to go from the boardroom and the conference room into the living room. you shouldnt have to be a millionaire or a celebrity, or digital resurrection of a late legend. this should be so grandpa and timmy can communicate, whether theyre ten miles away or 10,000 miles away. looking a lot smaller than i recall. when a volumetric, real—sized person, even shrunk down into a tabletop—sized version of a person, materialises into a space, theres a much more emotional connection that just do...