The best way to do this is to have two high resolution cameras spread apart mapping a three dimensional view of the face.

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Despite the shift in language, the two sides continue to be very far apart on a resolution.

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It works because the maximum resolution of a telescope (the minimum angle apart that two points need to be for the telescope to see them as separate) depends on its diameter, not its collecting area.

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