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Leaping the Uncanny Valley
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."
Dr Aki was more creepy than sexy.
"More creepy than sexy" -- four words that sum up most of the anime I've been subjected to. But if that's going to be the criteria under which we judge the depth of the uncanny valley, some people are going to navigate it a lot faster than others.
At least it wasn't an IUD.
Is a Turing test valid if the human is an idiot?
It's ridiculously clear from the video that the face was the "animated" bit.
I think the measure of the technique is, "how different does Emily look than the actor who supplied the base footage?"
For example, could they make me look like a sixteen year old boy like I portray when I'm chatting?
Oh, wait, I meant to post that anonymously...
Undo, undo, undo!!!
Heck, she doesn't even look as real as Celine Dion, let alone a real person.
Help! I'm a slashdot refugee.
Just go to L.A. , there are much more fake looking lips on the women there
"More creepy than sexy" -- four words that sum up most of the women I've been subjected to.
Actually, it's probably: "More creepy than sexy" -- four words that sum up most of the reactions of the women who've been subjected to me.
Yes, but you are talking about anime - the same animation style that introduced the world to tentacle porn.
I'm not tense. I'm just terribly, terribly, alert.