7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, wherein a display housing of the HMD includes optics for viewing the screen, the optics are configured for placement proximate to eyes of the user, the placement of the optics act to provide a view toward the screen and also act to occlude facial features of the user when wearing the HMD, the method further includes, detecting movements of occluded facial features of the user using one or more proximity sensors that are disposed around an inner surface of the display housing that surround the optics.
7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, wherein a display housing of the HMD includes optics for viewing the screen, the optics are configured for placement proximate to eyes of the user, the placement of the optics act to provide a view toward the screen and also act to occlude facial features of the user when wearing the HMD, the method further includes, detecting movements of occluded facial features of the user using one or more proximity sensors that are disposed around an inner surface of the display housing that surround the optics. 8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising, determining an amount of the movements of the occluded facial features; and augmenting the images rendered to the screen of the HMD to further include one or more shadows around one or more peripheries of the images.