diff --git a/interface/src/Application.cpp b/interface/src/Application.cpp
index 81a1ba3e14..1d586f8868 100644
--- a/interface/src/Application.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/Application.cpp
@@ -2001,7 +2001,11 @@ void Application::updateMyAvatarLookAtPosition() {
         if (!OculusManager::isConnected()) {
             lookAtSpot = _myCamera.getPosition();
         } else {
-            lookAtSpot = OculusManager::getLeftEyePosition();
+            if (_myAvatar->isLookingAtLeftEye()) {
+                lookAtSpot = OculusManager::getLeftEyePosition();
+            } else {
+                lookAtSpot = OculusManager::getRightEyePosition();
+            }
         }
  
     } else {
@@ -2011,7 +2015,7 @@ void Application::updateMyAvatarLookAtPosition() {
             isLookingAtSomeone = true;
             //  If I am looking at someone else, look directly at one of their eyes
             if (tracker) {
-                //  If tracker active, look at the eye for the side my gaze is biased toward
+                //  If a face tracker is active, look at the eye for the side my gaze is biased toward
                 if (tracker->getEstimatedEyeYaw() > _myAvatar->getHead()->getFinalYaw()) {
                     // Look at their right eye
                     lookAtSpot = static_cast<Avatar*>(lookingAt.data())->getHead()->getRightEyePosition();
@@ -2021,7 +2025,11 @@ void Application::updateMyAvatarLookAtPosition() {
                 }
             } else {
                 //  Need to add randomly looking back and forth between left and right eye for case with no tracker
-                lookAtSpot = static_cast<Avatar*>(lookingAt.data())->getHead()->getEyePosition();
+                if (_myAvatar->isLookingAtLeftEye()) {
+                    lookAtSpot = static_cast<Avatar*>(lookingAt.data())->getHead()->getLeftEyePosition();
+                } else {
+                    lookAtSpot = static_cast<Avatar*>(lookingAt.data())->getHead()->getRightEyePosition();
+                }
             }
         } else {
             //  I am not looking at anyone else, so just look forward
diff --git a/interface/src/avatar/Head.cpp b/interface/src/avatar/Head.cpp
index 9c41cf8084..85e771d3dd 100644
--- a/interface/src/avatar/Head.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/avatar/Head.cpp
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ void Head::simulate(float deltaTime, bool isMine, bool billboard) {
         bool forceBlink = false;
         const float TALKING_LOUDNESS = 100.0f;
         const float BLINK_AFTER_TALKING = 0.25f;
-        if (_averageLoudness > TALKING_LOUDNESS) {
+        if ((_averageLoudness - _longTermAverageLoudness) > TALKING_LOUDNESS) {
             _timeWithoutTalking = 0.0f;
         
         } else if (_timeWithoutTalking < BLINK_AFTER_TALKING && (_timeWithoutTalking += deltaTime) >= BLINK_AFTER_TALKING) {
@@ -128,16 +128,23 @@ void Head::simulate(float deltaTime, bool isMine, bool billboard) {
         _browAudioLift = glm::clamp(_browAudioLift *= 0.7f, 0.0f, 1.0f);
         
         const float BLINK_SPEED = 10.0f;
+        const float BLINK_SPEED_VARIABILITY = 1.0f;
+        const float BLINK_START_VARIABILITY = 0.25f;
         const float FULLY_OPEN = 0.0f;
         const float FULLY_CLOSED = 1.0f;
         if (_leftEyeBlinkVelocity == 0.0f && _rightEyeBlinkVelocity == 0.0f) {
             // no blinking when brows are raised; blink less with increasing loudness
             const float BASE_BLINK_RATE = 15.0f / 60.0f;
             const float ROOT_LOUDNESS_TO_BLINK_INTERVAL = 0.25f;
-            if (forceBlink || (_browAudioLift < EPSILON && shouldDo(glm::max(1.0f, sqrt(_averageLoudness) *
+            if (forceBlink || (_browAudioLift < EPSILON && shouldDo(glm::max(1.0f, sqrt(fabs(_averageLoudness - _longTermAverageLoudness)) *
                     ROOT_LOUDNESS_TO_BLINK_INTERVAL) / BASE_BLINK_RATE, deltaTime))) {
-                _leftEyeBlinkVelocity = BLINK_SPEED;
-                _rightEyeBlinkVelocity = BLINK_SPEED;
+                _leftEyeBlinkVelocity = BLINK_SPEED + randFloat() * BLINK_SPEED_VARIABILITY;
+                _rightEyeBlinkVelocity = BLINK_SPEED + randFloat() * BLINK_SPEED_VARIABILITY;
+                if (randFloat() < 0.5f) {
+                    _leftEyeBlink = BLINK_START_VARIABILITY;
+                } else {
+                    _rightEyeBlink = BLINK_START_VARIABILITY;
+                }
             }
         } else {
             _leftEyeBlink = glm::clamp(_leftEyeBlink + _leftEyeBlinkVelocity * deltaTime, FULLY_OPEN, FULLY_CLOSED);
diff --git a/interface/src/avatar/MyAvatar.cpp b/interface/src/avatar/MyAvatar.cpp
index 012c4560cf..b4fbadeaa9 100644
--- a/interface/src/avatar/MyAvatar.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/avatar/MyAvatar.cpp
@@ -86,7 +86,8 @@ MyAvatar::MyAvatar() :
     _shouldRender(true),
     _billboardValid(false),
     _physicsSimulation(),
-    _voxelShapeManager()
+    _voxelShapeManager(),
+    _isLookingAtLeftEye(true)
 {
     ShapeCollider::initDispatchTable();
     for (int i = 0; i < MAX_DRIVE_KEYS; i++) {
@@ -997,6 +998,14 @@ void MyAvatar::clearLookAtTargetAvatar() {
     _lookAtTargetAvatar.clear();
 }
 
+bool MyAvatar::isLookingAtLeftEye() {
+    float const CHANCE_OF_CHANGING_EYE = 0.01f;
+    if (randFloat() < CHANCE_OF_CHANGING_EYE) {
+        _isLookingAtLeftEye = !_isLookingAtLeftEye;
+    }
+    return _isLookingAtLeftEye;
+}
+
 glm::vec3 MyAvatar::getUprightHeadPosition() const {
     return _position + getWorldAlignedOrientation() * glm::vec3(0.0f, getPelvisToHeadLength(), 0.0f);
 }
diff --git a/interface/src/avatar/MyAvatar.h b/interface/src/avatar/MyAvatar.h
index e38f3f4b2b..14b3ea9924 100644
--- a/interface/src/avatar/MyAvatar.h
+++ b/interface/src/avatar/MyAvatar.h
@@ -105,6 +105,8 @@ public:
     void jump() { _shouldJump = true; };
     
     bool isMyAvatar() { return true; }
+    
+    bool isLookingAtLeftEye();
 
     virtual int parseDataAtOffset(const QByteArray& packet, int offset);
     
@@ -229,6 +231,8 @@ private:
     QList<AnimationHandlePointer> _animationHandles;
     PhysicsSimulation _physicsSimulation;
     VoxelShapeManager _voxelShapeManager;
+    
+    bool _isLookingAtLeftEye;
 
     RecorderPointer _recorder;
     
diff --git a/interface/src/devices/OculusManager.cpp b/interface/src/devices/OculusManager.cpp
index 8fc17ee4d6..5f5a5650c9 100644
--- a/interface/src/devices/OculusManager.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/devices/OculusManager.cpp
@@ -352,12 +352,14 @@ void OculusManager::display(const glm::quat &bodyOrientation, const glm::vec3 &p
         _camera->setTargetPosition(position + trackerPosition);
         
         //  Store the latest left and right eye render locations for things that need to know
+        glm::vec3 thisEyePosition = position + trackerPosition +
+            (bodyOrientation * glm::quat(orientation.x, orientation.y, orientation.z, orientation.w) *
+             glm::vec3(_eyeRenderDesc[eye].ViewAdjust.x, _eyeRenderDesc[eye].ViewAdjust.y, _eyeRenderDesc[eye].ViewAdjust.z));
+        
         if (eyeIndex == 0) {
-            //_leftEyePosition = position + trackerPosition;
-            glm::vec3 leftEye = position + trackerPosition;
-            qDebug() << "LE: " << leftEye.x << ", " << leftEye.y << ", " << leftEye.z;
+            _leftEyePosition = thisEyePosition;
         } else {
-            whichCamera.setRightEyePosition(position + trackerPosition);
+            _rightEyePosition = thisEyePosition;
         }
 
         _camera->update(1.0f / Application::getInstance()->getFps());