Heads

Face-first video conferencing. Heads uses advanced facial utilization technology to bring people closer. Our calls guarantee more face per face.

Heads is a video conferencing app built on LiveKit Components, LiveKit Cloud, ShaderPad, and Next.js. Each participant’s camera runs through a real-time WebGL face-stretch filter powered by MediaPipe face landmarks.

Tech Stack

• Next.js (App Router)
• @livekit/components-react for the realtime UI
• ShaderPad + its face plugin for the on-device face filter

Dev Setup

1. Run pnpm install to install all dependencies.
2. Copy .env.example in the project root and rename it to .env.local.
3. Update the missing environment variables in the newly created .env.local file.
4. Run pnpm dev to start the development server and visit http://localhost:3000.
5. Start development 🎉