Facebook patents system that turns your face into emoji
"A new patent from Facebook suggests that if we really want to convey our cognitive state through pictograms to the people we send messages to, the best way to do it may not be through emoji, but through ourselves. ??.
The patent, awarded to Facebook on May 3, outlines a process for users to reprogram simple emoticons with images of themselves, effectively turning themselves into personalized emoji. If “:)” is typed as part of a message, Facebook Messenger would automatically convert that into a picture of the user, smiling, when the message is sent."
Source: QZ.com https://bit.ly/24ZBj7l