This site takes a few seconds to load and provides — once you zoom in — a pretty face close to life-size, which is what you need to get the mood effect I describe in Example 2 of my long self-experimentation paper. I usually use a mirror to get a life-size face but I will try this one instead.
she’s kind of creepy-looking with those bloodshot eyes…
Pretty powerful image; you might warn people to avoid staring at it at night…
Maybe I’ll try to spend some morning time with it…
yes, the bloodshot eyes are puzzling.
Any reason to believe that it’s being on screen has any additional effect? Could a large portrait on the wall be just as effective?
When I studied this effect, I found that distance mattered. The best distance was roughly the distance you’d be from someone when having a conversation with them. A large portrait on the wall would not be as effective if the face was larger than usual and you stood further away.
Simulation might be another route to get more faces. This work at Stanford looks interesting:
https://graphics.stanford.edu/~sifakis/
She definitely falls into the uncanny valley..especially on the smile.