Cloud Imperium Games has announced that it’s working with Faceware Technologies to introduce the company’s “first-of-its-kind” facial tech that will let you animate your character’s face in real time as you speak with other players. The new feature will track players’ facial expressions and movement, then reproduce them on their avatars in-game, allowing for the most immersive and realistic player-to-player communication.



With Faceware’s upcoming motion sensor, you’ll be able to have all of your facial animations scanned, analyzed, and instantly streamed at 60fps right onto your character’s face within the ‘Verse. Alternatively, you can use your system’s built-in webcam (quality of the facial detection may very by model). Using your microphone or other audio input device, we’ll be able to capture your voice and broadcast it from the point in 3D space where your character is located. We’ve further modified the tech so that we can also utilize Faceware to track the direction and movement of your head and eyes. This will allow you to freely look around your cockpit without any additional hardware or peripherals.

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