Revolutionary new 'Digimask' system means gamers will soon be to put their own face on a Tekken character - or a star striker, a snowboarder...

Industry wizard Gary Bracey visited the Future Gamer dungeon the other day and he had with him a fantastic little innovation to show us - a system that allows users to incorporate their own faces in tomorrow's games.

The Digimask program, which needs just two photographs of a person to work with, creates a 3D wireframe over which a scan of the photographs can be overlaid. Different facial expressions can also be captured.

Bracey reckons the software can be scaled for any of the new generation consoles and PCs, so in the not too distant future, if software houses sign up for Digimask, we'll soon all have our own faces on, for example, our favourite beat 'em up characters, so you really will be able to give your mate a good kicking...

The former Development Director at Telstar also sees Internet possibilities for his invention, like web shopping, allowing customers to try different hairstyles and clothes using a model of their own image.

You'll soon be able to visit the Digimask website and get your own face 'done', simply by downloading a form and returning it to the company's HQ with a couple of mug shots. We'll let you know when this service is available.

Gaming and shopping, it seems, will soon have a very personalised touch.