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Most of us take it for granted that we can read another person's emotions through subtleties such as body language, yet this is a real struggle for many others. Researchers at Stanford University modified Google's augmented reality glasses to read emotions in others and notify the wearer. The glasses detect someone's mood through their eye contact, facial expressions and body language, and then tell the wearer what emotions it's picking up. "Emotion AI taps into the individual," explains Zabeth Venter, CEO and co-founder of Averly. "If you think about facial recognition, which is a kind of emotion AI, I can pick up if you like what I'm saying by whether your smile is a smirk or a real genuine smile."