IR infra-red spotlight
A simple IR LED array in a headband is able to oversaturate the pixels in the camera's CCD to the point where even adjacent pixels are effected, shrouding the wearer's face in a white halo.
This guide will tell you how to modify your webcam so that it catches the infrared spectrum rather than the visible light one.
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