You know what’s funny? I saw a YouTube video where the guy covered up the TrueDepth camera system and left just the regular camera open...and...Animoji’s still worked perfect. So, it’s another Apple sham. They could have been included on ANY iPhone. TrueDepth camera system isn’t even needed.I personally don't care for the Animoji's, I understand what Apple trying to do is demonstrate the technology by using the TrueDepth Camera and face mapping features to express how the Animoji's work. But its something that I would never personally use, even though I think the technology is interesting.
I also think Apple is trying to make this technology fun and expressive to use for the consumer to appreciate what they are doing, even though it doesn't apply to everybody the same way.