The GIF is a way to share an experience or to make someone laugh and even to communicate with grandparents because of how accessible the format is, Arrow said.
"Knowing this was likely to be the last work that Thora would do, I wanted her to go out with a bang and certainly with a laugh, even if it was a dirty one, " Bennett said.
"As you can see now Kinect can track features like your smile, your laugh and even the raise of your eyebrows, " Ballmer said, offering a demo of himself as a bald avatar -- his digital eyebrows bouncing up and down.