The full scale head, Homage to Paolozzi (Self Portrait), and accompanying maquette were unveiled in From Life, 2017, at the Royal Academy. The RA acquired the maquette as part of its collection in recognition of its significant innovation. In 2016 Yeo experimented with 3-D printing and scanning in order to make self-portraits; he was also working closely with Google to help develop a ground-breaking virtual reality drawing software, Tiltbrush. Through a Google Arts and Culture partnership, Yeo collaborated with Google’s engineers on their Tiltbrush software, which lets users paint in a 3D space using virtual reality technology. Yeo also worked with leading optical company OTOY, whose pioneering technology is used by leading visual effects studios in Hollywood including George Lucas and Warner Bros. Using their advanced LightStage scanner, a highly detailed 3D scan of Yeo was created and then imported into Google’s Tiltbrush software. In a ‘virtual life room’, Yeo was able to create a virtual self-portrait based on this digital scan. With the help of Google’s VR lab in San Francisco, Yeo’s virtual creation was 3D printed from the Tilt Brush software. It was then cast into bronze by Pangolin Editions, one of the world’s leading sculpture foundries in Gloucestershire, enabling his virtual brushstrokes to be captured in 3D and then realised in sculpture. This marked a new approach to creating self-portraits, using 3D scans in virtual reality rather than looking in a mirror or from photographs.