It's a hyper-real virtual 3-D scan of a human body, in this case, British actor Beryl Nesbitt.
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London-based creative studio Marshmallow Laser Feast used 94 high definition cameras to capture a likeness of Nesbitt's skin, for a music video.
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More specifically, the image is a combination of photogrammetry—the science of taking 360-degree measurements from photos—and panoramic high dynamic range lighting, which is like photographs of light from all positions and in myriad settings.
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Once that visual data is merged, the result is a ghostly, but accurate, likeness.
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At the moment, the Marshmallow Laser Feast team is treating the rendering like a sculpture.
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Eventually, with more time and money, it could be combined with performance capture, and be a very convincing character in virtual reality settings.
