Wasn't this in the plot of Westworld? They started with mechanical robots, but discovered that bio-based machines were easier to grow/repair?
"The T-800 Terminator was Skynet's first cybernetic organism, with living tissue over a hyperalloy endoskeleton. This made it Skynet's first successful Infiltrator unit, capable of infiltrating the Resistance."
kids wearing baloney mask.jpg<p>Nice someone exploring this, but seems like priority should be on eyes/lips movement. The leap Valve made to make avatars more believable by improving those domains is much larger than SSS and other efforts to increase skin realism a decade later.
"The 600 series had rubber skin. We spotted them easy, but these are new. They look human... sweat, bad breath, everything. Very hard to spot. I had to wait till he moved on you before I could zero him."