Comments on: Uncanny Valley http://crappygraphs.com/uncanny-valley/ Because "Awesome Graphs!" sounded way too pretentious. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:34:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Leela http://crappygraphs.com/uncanny-valley/#comment-353 Leela Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:10:13 +0000 http://crappygraphs.com/uncanny-valley/#comment-353 I think quoting a reference would have been in order: http://www.androidscience.com/theuncannyvalley/proceedings2005/uncannyvalley.html I think quoting a reference would have been in order:

http://www.androidscience.com/theuncannyvalley/proceedings2005/uncannyvalley.html

]]> By: Matt` http://crappygraphs.com/uncanny-valley/#comment-310 Matt` Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:19:01 +0000 http://crappygraphs.com/uncanny-valley/#comment-310 Things that are close enough to human-looking for it to be clear that that's the intention, but that are just different enough for our brain to notice, they trigger all kinds of "that's creepy" instincts. Badly done realism in video games can cause the same effect... where it's almost right, but the faces don't move quite right or the movements are a little too jerky. Mario or Link or Crash Bandicoot on the other hand, aren't even trying to be real, so we're able to ignore the part where they don't look at all human and just relate to their story. btw, I made this :P Things that are close enough to human-looking for it to be clear that that’s the intention, but that are just different enough for our brain to notice, they trigger all kinds of “that’s creepy” instincts.

Badly done realism in video games can cause the same effect… where it’s almost right, but the faces don’t move quite right or the movements are a little too jerky.

Mario or Link or Crash Bandicoot on the other hand, aren’t even trying to be real, so we’re able to ignore the part where they don’t look at all human and just relate to their story.

btw, I made this :P

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