Demo Shows Vita Using Facial Recognition, Video Chat, And Avatars

Sony's PSPVita is a powerful piece of hardware, and a demonstration at a recent forum in Japan shows that its capable of real-time video chat -- complete with avatars that respond to your facial expressions.

Siliconera posted the link and translated a story from the Japanese gaming site 4Gamer, which showed footage from a recent demonstration given at the Game Tools & Middleware Forum 2011 in Tokyo.

The video, which you can watch below, shows two people talking over live video chat, but with a twist -- the actual display shows two avatars (a small doll and a tiger) conveying all the users facial expressions (which are assumedly captured through the PSPVita front-facing camera). It's a very interesting demo, and shows once again that the Vita is a pretty advanced piece of hardware.