PhotoAvatar

“PhotoAvatar (US $.99) is a remarkable iPhone/iPod touch novelty app from the makers of HourFace, an app I liked quite a lot when I reviewed it a few months ago – PhotoAvatar turns a properly taken photo into any one of three alien avatars, each so realistic that it’s eerie,” reports David Winograd The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW.com).

“Using a carefully taken photo snapped by the camera or taken from a photo library, you decide on which alien you want to be and the app does the rest,” reports Winograd. “The picture gets transformed into an amazingly realistic 3D moving image. The result can be emailed or saved to the camera roll.”

“But the creepiest part is watching the image on the screen,” reports Winograd. “It’s constantly in motion, blinking, turning, glaring and growling at you – If you swipe your finger over the image, the avatar will follow your finger – If you tap the screen, the image will stretch and audibly growl at you – If you shake the device, you’ll get another animation.”

Read the full review here.