December 23 2014: Intel has launched a new chat app that  harnesses facial tracking algorithms to render your expressions & voice onto an array of 3-D  avatars. It's called Pocket Avatars and is available free  for Android and iOS ( Apple) devices. 
You can  record and share personalized messages that mirror  your own facial gestures and voice. You can smile, blink,  wink, raise and lower eyebrows, stick out their tongue and even sing the lyrics to the songs of  your alter ego.
The latest addition last week, is pop star  Katy  Perry.