High Fidelity [1] (Second Life v2) does this already. It's still early beta, but they've got the ability to map a user's face in real time with enough data-den

High Fidelity [1] (Second Life v2) does this already. It's still early beta, but they've got the ability to map a user's face in real time with enough data-density to transmit emotion, and facial characteristics good enough to recognize a person by their avatar. You are correct, that currently the same camera that does the facial analysis (macbook camera) precludes the VR headset - so you either get to see another in full VR, or you get to transmit your expression in HD. The device to do both is not yet here. [1] http://highfidelity.io/ http://highfidelity.io/