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Leaping the Uncanny Valley

Posted by timothy on from the compare-this-to-the-final-fantasty-movie dept.

reachums submits this glance at "the newest level of computer animation," intended to get past the paradoxical "uncanny valley" — that is, the way animated humans actually can appear jarring as the animation gets hyper-realistic. "This short video gives us a glimpse of what we can hope to see in the future of computer games and movies. Emily is not a real actress, but she looks like a real person, something we haven't truly seen before in computer animation."

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  1. Re:We've heard this before by Americium · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    But they were animating Asian characters, which to me are already in the uncanny valley, who are likely to be some kind of advanced alien lifeform.

    P.S. - Damn asian chicks are hot!