From an early age, the image of one's face in a mirror evokes a quality of being connected and disconnected at the same time. This project explores the boundary between these qualities through a virtual mirror with face-specific image manipulation. The system combines real-time special effects such as image morphing and texture synthesis with new advances in computer vision for face tracking and expression analysis.
Faces are central to human communication and yet machines have been largely blind to their presence.
This project demonstrates that it is now possible to track and analyze faces in real time for interactive displays.