This is very reminiscent of "Spotlight" from Pattie Maes research group at the MIT Media Lab, a performance piece from 2005 (http://web.media.mit.edu/~orit/spotlight.html). They used a similar model to model interesting human interactions like yawn contagiousness as well.
Wow, I gotta give mad props. Very awesome
Very nice. They could have added the effect of the person popping out when the mouse is hovered above them. =)
A surprised or excited look would have been cute overload.
Very cool. I like it.
Awesome!
Big supporter of Romanian development too! Some very talented developers out there.