diff --git a/interface/src/Application.cpp b/interface/src/Application.cpp
index 7756ddeb32..c966ed4bf2 100644
--- a/interface/src/Application.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/Application.cpp
@@ -2276,7 +2276,7 @@ void Application::displaySide(Camera& whichCamera) {
         }
         
         // Render my own Avatar
-        if (_myCamera.getMode() == CAMERA_MODE_MIRROR) {
+        if (_myCamera.getMode() == CAMERA_MODE_MIRROR && !_faceshift.isActive()) {
             _myAvatar.getHead().setLookAtPosition(_myCamera.getPosition());
         }
         _myAvatar.render(Menu::getInstance()->isOptionChecked(MenuOption::Mirror),
diff --git a/interface/src/avatar/Head.cpp b/interface/src/avatar/Head.cpp
index d93c4eeb32..19ef6a8505 100644
--- a/interface/src/avatar/Head.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/avatar/Head.cpp
@@ -163,41 +163,45 @@ void Head::simulate(float deltaTime, bool isMine, float gyroCameraSensitivity) {
     _saccade += (_saccadeTarget - _saccade) * 0.50f;
     
     //  Update audio trailing average for rendering facial animations
-    const float AUDIO_AVERAGING_SECS = 0.05;
-    _averageLoudness = (1.f - deltaTime / AUDIO_AVERAGING_SECS) * _averageLoudness +
-                             (deltaTime / AUDIO_AVERAGING_SECS) * _audioLoudness;
-    
-    //  Detect transition from talking to not; force blink after that and a delay
-    bool forceBlink = false;
-    const float TALKING_LOUDNESS = 100.0f;
-    const float BLINK_AFTER_TALKING = 0.25f;
-    if (_averageLoudness > TALKING_LOUDNESS) {
-        _timeWithoutTalking = 0.0f;
-    
-    } else if (_timeWithoutTalking < BLINK_AFTER_TALKING && (_timeWithoutTalking += deltaTime) >= BLINK_AFTER_TALKING) {
-        forceBlink = true;
-    }
-                             
-    //  Update audio attack data for facial animation (eyebrows and mouth)
-    _audioAttack = 0.9 * _audioAttack + 0.1 * fabs(_audioLoudness - _lastLoudness);
-    _lastLoudness = _audioLoudness;
-    
-    const float BROW_LIFT_THRESHOLD = 100;
-    if (_audioAttack > BROW_LIFT_THRESHOLD)
-        _browAudioLift += sqrt(_audioAttack) * 0.00005;
-        
-        float clamp = 0.01;
-        if (_browAudioLift > clamp) { _browAudioLift = clamp; }
-    
-    _browAudioLift *= 0.7f;      
-
-    // update eyelid blinking
     Faceshift* faceshift = Application::getInstance()->getFaceshift();
     if (isMine && faceshift->isActive()) {
         _leftEyeBlink = faceshift->getLeftBlink();
         _rightEyeBlink = faceshift->getRightBlink();
-    
+        
+        // set these values based on how they'll be used.  if we use faceshift in the long term, we'll want a complete
+        // mapping between their blendshape coefficients and our avatar features
+        _averageLoudness = faceshift->getMouthSize();
+        _browAudioLift = faceshift->getBrowHeight();
+        
     } else {
+        const float AUDIO_AVERAGING_SECS = 0.05;
+        _averageLoudness = (1.f - deltaTime / AUDIO_AVERAGING_SECS) * _averageLoudness +
+                                 (deltaTime / AUDIO_AVERAGING_SECS) * _audioLoudness;
+        
+        //  Detect transition from talking to not; force blink after that and a delay
+        bool forceBlink = false;
+        const float TALKING_LOUDNESS = 100.0f;
+        const float BLINK_AFTER_TALKING = 0.25f;
+        if (_averageLoudness > TALKING_LOUDNESS) {
+            _timeWithoutTalking = 0.0f;
+        
+        } else if (_timeWithoutTalking < BLINK_AFTER_TALKING && (_timeWithoutTalking += deltaTime) >= BLINK_AFTER_TALKING) {
+            forceBlink = true;
+        }
+                                 
+        //  Update audio attack data for facial animation (eyebrows and mouth)
+        _audioAttack = 0.9 * _audioAttack + 0.1 * fabs(_audioLoudness - _lastLoudness);
+        _lastLoudness = _audioLoudness;
+        
+        const float BROW_LIFT_THRESHOLD = 100;
+        if (_audioAttack > BROW_LIFT_THRESHOLD)
+            _browAudioLift += sqrt(_audioAttack) * 0.00005;
+            
+            float clamp = 0.01;
+            if (_browAudioLift > clamp) { _browAudioLift = clamp; }
+        
+        _browAudioLift *= 0.7f;      
+
         const float BLINK_SPEED = 10.0f;
         const float FULLY_OPEN = 0.0f;
         const float FULLY_CLOSED = 1.0f;
diff --git a/interface/src/devices/Faceshift.cpp b/interface/src/devices/Faceshift.cpp
index 7db87993cd..fd24696b14 100644
--- a/interface/src/devices/Faceshift.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/devices/Faceshift.cpp
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@
 using namespace fs;
 using namespace std;
 
-Faceshift::Faceshift() : _enabled(false), _eyeGazeLeftPitch(0.0f), _eyeGazeLeftYaw(0.0f),
-        _eyeGazeRightPitch(0.0f), _eyeGazeRightYaw(0.0f), _leftBlink(0.0f), _rightBlink(0.0f),
-        _leftBlinkIndex(-1), _rightBlinkIndex(-1) {
+Faceshift::Faceshift() : _enabled(false), _eyeGazeLeftPitch(0.0f), _eyeGazeLeftYaw(0.0f), _eyeGazeRightPitch(0.0f),
+       _eyeGazeRightYaw(0.0f), _leftBlink(0.0f), _rightBlink(0.0f), _leftBlinkIndex(-1), _rightBlinkIndex(-1),
+       _browHeight(0.0f), _browUpCenterIndex(-1), _mouthSize(0.0f), _jawOpenIndex(-1) {
     connect(&_socket, SIGNAL(connected()), SLOT(noteConnected()));
     connect(&_socket, SIGNAL(error(QAbstractSocket::SocketError)), SLOT(noteError(QAbstractSocket::SocketError)));
     connect(&_socket, SIGNAL(readyRead()), SLOT(readFromSocket()));
@@ -82,6 +82,12 @@ void Faceshift::readFromSocket() {
                     if (_rightBlinkIndex != -1) {
                         _rightBlink = data.m_coeffs[_rightBlinkIndex];
                     }
+                    if (_browUpCenterIndex != -1) {
+                        _browHeight = data.m_coeffs[_browUpCenterIndex];
+                    }
+                    if (_jawOpenIndex != -1) {
+                        _mouthSize = data.m_coeffs[_jawOpenIndex];
+                    }
                 }
                 break;
             }
@@ -93,6 +99,12 @@ void Faceshift::readFromSocket() {
                     
                     } else if (names[i] == "EyeBlink_R") {
                         _rightBlinkIndex = i;
+                        
+                    } else if (names[i] == "BrowsU_C") {
+                        _browUpCenterIndex = i;    
+                        
+                    } else if (names[i] == "JawOpen") {
+                        _jawOpenIndex = i;
                     }
                 }
                 break;
diff --git a/interface/src/devices/Faceshift.h b/interface/src/devices/Faceshift.h
index 88f115564c..1b6914b8cf 100644
--- a/interface/src/devices/Faceshift.h
+++ b/interface/src/devices/Faceshift.h
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ public:
     float getLeftBlink() const { return _leftBlink; }
     float getRightBlink() const { return _rightBlink; }
 
+    float getBrowHeight() const { return _browHeight; }
+    
+    float getMouthSize() const { return _mouthSize; }
+
 public slots:
     
     void setEnabled(bool enabled);
@@ -71,6 +75,14 @@ private:
     
     int _leftBlinkIndex;
     int _rightBlinkIndex;
+    
+    float _browHeight;
+    
+    int _browUpCenterIndex;
+    
+    float _mouthSize;
+    
+    int _jawOpenIndex;
 };
 
 #endif /* defined(__interface__Faceshift__) */