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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. Well... by charlos · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This is a test! :)

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  3. Ever peed in a cup for a job? by Marijuana+al-Shehi · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    If you have, thank Ronald Reagan, the Best President Ever!!!

    The C.L.I.T. owns, but the GNAA writes much better manifestos.

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    "I think all foreigners should stop interfering in the internal affairs of Iraq"
    -- Paul Wolfowitz, 7/21/2003
  4. Re:Check out these graphics... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    butt head

  5. Mod Parent Up by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Oh shit I spat cornflakes out of my nose when I read that!!!

  6. Re:I don't care how realistic the figures look... by ca1v1n · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Unfortunately, the explosion of blood and bones when I do quivering palm in Neverwinter Nights looks more like I implanted a land mine in the chest of the target than that I stopped their heart.

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    WARNING: there is a trojan on your
  7. Re:I don't care how realistic the figures look... by PingPongBoy · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Is that why there is war in Iraq?

    Not that much terrorism these days if the terrorists realize that battle hardened troops are at the doorstep.

    Then again, one might say that America is hardly poised to fight if they're suffering and dying in spite of all the techno gizmos.

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    Know your pads. One time pad: good for cryptography. Two timing pad: where to take your mistress.