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Realistic Human Graphics Look Creepy

Posted by michael on from the talking-heads dept.

WellHungMonkey writes "A really interesting read on Slate about how realistic human faces in games and on robots and so on, are not necessarily the way to go -- the brain isn't fooled, it attaches itself easier to Snoopy-like simplicity... Or Lara Croft attributes, but I'm not sure that's the brain talking."

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  1. Re:I don't care how realistic the figures look... by mOdQuArK! · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    (to the great chagrin of recruiters everywhere)

    I would hazard a guess that the way that the current U.S. military & reserves are being treated by the U.S. administration (plunging them into an unnecessary war using "evidence" which has evaporated, doing so little post-"victory" planning that we end up mired in a long-term guerilla war, changing the lengths of their tours of duty at the last moments, etc), military recruiters are going to be having real problems for a few decades convincing anyone with common sense to join their ranks, much less stopping its current members from leaving ASAP.

    That's probably why they keep throwing the idea of reinstituting the draft around in Congress - but I personally think that passing a bill like that would be the Kiss-of-Death to any politician who voted for it.