- How does Face Puppet work?
- Turn on your camera and face it. Face tracking finds each face in the picture, then reads where the head is, how it's tilted and turned, and what the eyes, eyebrows and mouth are doing. A cartoon character is drawn over each face and copies all of that live: it blinks and winks when you do, talks when you talk, smiles, frowns, puckers, puffs its cheeks and raises its eyebrows.
- Can several people use it at once?
- Yes — up to four faces are tracked at the same time, and each gets its own character. The numbered buttons above the stage show who is who: face 1 is the first person to appear, face 2 the next, and so on, and each keeps their character as they move about. Pick a character for each number, or tap a character on the stage to swap it for the next one.
- How do I save a photo or a video?
- Press Photo to save a picture of the stage as a PNG. Press Record to film it, and Stop when you're done (recordings stop by themselves after two minutes); you can play the clip back, then save it or discard it. Videos save as MP4 in browsers that can record it (Safari, and newer Chrome and Edge) and WebM otherwise. With Sound on, your voice from the microphone is recorded too.
- Can I hide my real background?
- Yes. Choose a backdrop instead of Camera: a theatre stage, a sky, a party, or a green screen. Then only the characters are shown, and the camera picture isn't in your photos or videos at all. Green screen is handy if you want to put the characters over something else in a video editor.
- Is my camera video uploaded?
- No. Face tracking (Google's open-source MediaPipe Face Landmarker) runs entirely in your browser, with its code and model served from this site rather than a third party. The video never leaves your device. Photos and recordings are made in your browser and are only saved when you press Save — straight to your device.
- Can I use it as my webcam in Zoom, Meet or Teams?
- Not directly — a web page can't appear as a camera to other apps. You can record a clip here and share that, or share this browser tab or window in your call.
- Tips for good tracking
- Face the camera in even light, with the light in front of you rather than behind. Keep your whole face in view — glasses are fine, but a hand over your face or a very steep turn can lose it for a moment. With several people, stand side by side so every face can be seen.