Nobody can see your eyes when you wear a VR headset. Facebook wants to change that.

Truly immersive VR experiences transport people to other places — both reality-based, like augmented reality, and wholly simulated. But wearing clunky headsets in social settings with friends or at the office is awkward. Some types of headsets feature tools allowing wearers to see the outside world, but people close by, without a headset, are disconnected from the person using VR.