Oculus Rift teams with researchers to produce ability to capture and display facial expressions
Thursday, May 21, 2015 - 08:10
in Mathematics & Economics
The Oculus Rift (now owned by Facebook) is very well known in the virtual reality world—the headsets let gamers play in virtual 3D worlds, and interact using avatars. Now, it appears the team is ready to take the idea to another level by allowing facial expressions of the wearer to be captured and then displayed on the face of an avatar for others in the virtual world to see—in real time.