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Notes from the face layer.

Integration guides, latency engineering, and field notes on giving voice agents a face.

LiveKit Avatar Plugin: Add a Face to Your Voice Agent

Use the FaceMode LiveKit avatar plugin to add lip-synced video to an existing voice agent. Python and TypeScript setup, room tokens, and pitfalls.

Compare Muse Avatar, OpenAI Dots, Gemini Live Avatar, and FaceMode: platform agents versus a talking avatar API for your own voice stack.

Compare Synthesia Interactive Avatar and FaceMode on voice stacks, LiveKit, Pipecat, avatar styles, pricing, and real-time latency.