Oculus Rift hack transfers your facial expressions onto your virtual avatar

All you need is an Intel RealSense 3D camera, some strain sensors, and some time.

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araemo[/url]":3kjsim0t]So, I recently read Snow Crash for the first time.. and one of the things stressed as part of the success of their persistent virtual avatar-inhabited world was good code for interpreting facial expressions and transmitting them to your avatar. Basically, allowing almost proper non-verbal communication online. We can technically do that over skype/videoconferencing... if the connection speed is good. But perhaps a compressed 'facial expression description' would take less bandwidth?

This and other technologies like smartphones, google glass, smartwatches and so forth make me think about gargoyles instead. It may cause people to focus more on their virtual connections than real life.

That said I'd totally be a gargoyle because most of the time real life is spent with duties and emptycourtesy rather than meaningful relationships with people, so as long as people keep it under control there is little loss. It would also be great for internet friendship and distance relationships.