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Realistic Human Graphics Look Creepy
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."
...as long as the blood spatters are lifelike when I blow their heads off.
Michel Ja...uh...Jefferson.
An Indian-American Hindu committed to non-violent thought/speech/action alarmed by the global explosion of radical Islam
I'd like to see some examples of these pictures. Sure they are creepy, sometimes people can be fooled though. I had a picture of Aki in a bikini from the Final Fantasy movie on my computer. My girlfriend found it and wanted to know why I had it. She didn't beleive me that it wasn't a real person.
http://github.com/gbook/nidb
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> I was disappointed with the semi-recent Hulk movie, but does that mean the game
> had to suck too?
Yeah, they unfortunately planned that at a board meeting. A minority of the execs thought about making both good, then they tried to compromise on bad movie good game, then the CEO said "fuck it, they will both suck." And all the yes-men in the room agreed.
If you know ANYONE who even VAGUELY resembles R2-D2, I want to see pictures!! (yes, I know they were using them as examples of androids, but jesus... I think using C3PO alone would have sufficed
Most humans are inherently creepy.
Why would machine replicas be any different?
I had the same feeling when playing "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time". I just could never have the heart to empty a jar containing a goldfish onto the ground - it would just flop about helplessly - putting it back in a pond was the only thing I could do.
This has got to be the first time in history that a new technology CANT be used for porn!
Mod this up, this is brilliant!
I would rather be ashes than dust!
I'm glad the rest of the world realizes it. I've known I hated looking at people for years now.
Leonardo da Vinci had a pretty bad frame rate though: the Mona Lisa took about three years to complete, which gives .00000001FPS (1 frame / 3 years).
An example would be looking at a girl, being attracted to her and having no idea why i.e what specific features makes her attractive to you?
Her personalities.
come for the naked robots, stay for the zombies
Now [i]that's[/i] creepy.
This explains it.
mt
I think William Shakespeare said it best:
O for a Muse of fire, that would ascend
The brightest heaven of invention,
A kingdom for a stage, princes to act
And monarchs to behold the swelling scene!
Why the FUCK did I think that read 'William Shatner'? I was expecting the 'I am Canadian' speech.
I can't sit through a movie with fighter jets without pissing everyone else off.
"No, you fool...you cannot launch a missile while the aircraft is on the ground!" (well...you can, but it's hard and you can't do it solely from the cockpit) (something with Michael Douglas)
"No, the runway is NEVER next to the main gate" (James Bond)
"If you shot off all your missiles, how come you now have 3 more? (All of them)
"um, no. A 'modified' F-117 is NOT big enough to hold a squad of people inside" (Air Force One)
"No, you can't outrun a missile for that long. Either it would have run out of fuel, proximity detonated, or hit you by now." (Behind Enemy Lines)
Hair and uniforms. (All of them)
"If you're going to call them Air Force planes, at least use Air Force planes. F-18's don't count." (The Rock, ID4)
and don't get me started on Iron Eagle:
"No, you fool...you cannot plug your flight helmet into your Walkman!"