Oculus Rift Hack Transfers Your Facial Expressions Onto Online Avatar
With a 3-D camera attached to the headset with a short boom, the system records the movement of a person’s mouth. Strain gauges that are added to the foam padding that fits the headset to the face are then used to measure the motions of the upper part of the face. Once the two data sources are merged, an exact 3-D representation of the user’s facial movements can be utilized to bring a virtual character to life, whether it is not a real person or something other than human....