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From: dbs@speech2.cs.cmu.edu (David Sanner)
Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds
Subject: facial gestures in VR
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Date: 2 Nov 90 23:59:11 GMT
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  hey there,

    recently, folks have been posting about various devices for increased 
  data input.  it seems to me that humans use an awful lot of 
  information from each others physical bodies, e.g. body language.  the 
  data suit/gloves/eye-trackers cover most of the useful areas, but one major
  source of information/muscle grouping goes untapped: the face!  
    body language, and in particular facial gestures, seem to convey an 
  awful lot of "extra" information that can help us define the context of
  converstation, for example.  i propose then, the DATAMASK(tm)(of course ;-)
  this acts like a data glove, but is able to translate the activation levels 
  of facial muscles into a stream of data.
    any thoughts?

   ... dave sanner

  dbs@speech2.cs.cmu.edu