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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 PunditGuy · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

  2. Hasn't jumped the valley. by MMC+Monster · · Score: 5, Funny

    Heck, she doesn't even look as real as Celine Dion, let alone a real person.

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  3. Re:We've heard this before by Americium · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just go to L.A. , there are much more fake looking lips on the women there

  4. Re:We've heard this before by ndrw · · Score: 5, Funny

    "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.