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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. DNF by AviLazar · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I think the original article was referring to the release of Duke Nukem Forever - they probably have some wicked graphics that look just like real people...

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  2. Re:Umm. They aren't *that* realistic. by beakerMeep · · Score: 0, Redundant
    I dont think you are nitpicking symantics at all i that is a great point. Another worth note is the "Uncanny Valley" idea behind how when robots look more and more like humans they also appear creepy.

    http://www.arclight.net/~pdb/glimpses/valley.html

    Someone posted this a couple of months back in ./ Games talking about this very idea and I think this is exactly what we see as graphics get closer to reality.

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