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VR headset is now capable of tracking your facial expression, your eye movement, your hands and in some cases your legs, Veeso is claimed to be the first VR headset to capture your face and transmit your expressions – and as a result, your emotions – onto a virtual avatar in real time. With it, the company is emphasizing emotional connections through chat apps and social games like poker.

Like the Google Cardboard and Samsung Gear VR, Veeso is a smartphone-based VR headset, which the company claims is compatible with Android and iOS devices. Unlike those aforementioned headsets, however, Veeso has two infrared cameras mounted on it to capture the wearer’s facial expressions.

One of these cameras is located between the eyes to capture pupil movements, eyebrows, and how open or closed the eyelids are, while the second hangs off the bottom of the unit, taking in the jaw, lips and mouth. Together, from what we see in the videos, they seem to do a pretty solid job of covering the whole face and mimicking the facial expressions on a digital avatar in real time.

Where to use?

In most current VR games, you don’t usually see your character’s face, and if you do, having them copy your expression probably isn’t going to add much to the experience. Most innovative and creative future applications can be derived such as

Dating site interaction VR video call To know feedback of customer Online shows Entertainment world Multiplayer games Social application

Potential applications suggested by the company so far include a kind of VR video call, where people sit together in virtual rooms and have a chat through the mouths of cartoon frogs and squirrels, and more traditional social games like poker and charades. As new inputs to the device brings new application so Veeso says it plans to release at least 10 applications and games for the platform in the first six months.

As interesting as the tech sounds, keep in mind that the best Veeso can do content-wise is use existing Google Cardboard content for smartphones. The best mobile VR library is locked behind the Gear VR’s Samsung/Oculus walled garden. With that in mind, the product itself may not end up being as enticing as the general prospect of VR facial tracking.

Veeso is currently seeking funding on Kickstarter in order to begin Phase 2 of the product’s development. An Early Bird pledge of US$70 will get you a unit, or if you’re a developer or interested tinkerer, you can get your hands (and face) on the headset and dev kit for $80. If all goes to plan, the company says the device will ship in December.