Uncanny Valley

In Real Life

The Uncanny Valley Is Now Scientific Fact

5:30PM July 21, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

The notion of the “Uncanny Valley”, where artificial people are more disturbing the closer they come to “reality”, has been around for ages. But now, thanks to a research team in San Diego, it’s bonafide science. More »


In Real Life

Your Face On An Action Figure? Badass

9:30PM May 20, 2011 | Brian Ashcraft

Based in Tokyo geek mecca Akihabara, Clone Factory is just that: a factory that makes clones. More »


News

Can A Super Smart Computer Teach Game Characters To Be As Stupid As Humans?

2:00AM February 22, 2011 | Brian Crecente

Supercomputer Watson can best the best of us in Jeopardy, but can it make the games we play at home more challenging and fun? More »


News

The Key To Lifelike Faces Lies In The Eyes

6:30AM December 21, 2010 | Mike Fahey

What makes a virtual face appear alive? According to a recent study published in Psychological Science the eyes are the most important factor in imparting life to the lifeless. More »


News

Why Gameplay In L.A. Noire’s New Trailer May Not Matter

5:00AM November 13, 2010 | Brian Crecente

Our first look at L.A. Noire in action included some pretty amazing graphics. Strike that, it included some pretty amazing facial animation. More »


Motion Control In Gaming: Rationalising A New Dissonance

2:00AM February 23, 2010 | Brian Crecente

Everything changed in 2001, the year Nintendo decided that the future of gaming didn’t lie in faster processors and photorealistic images, but in interaction. More »


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The Uncanny Valley Explained (In Terms of Porn And Star Wars)

4:20AM April 29, 2008 | Mark Wilson

newVideoPlayer("uncanny_valley_fleshbot.flv", 463, 387,""); The uncanny valley is that strange place in digital graphics where a human looks so almost real that the figure is actually more upsetting to the viewer than if they were playing, say, Rainbow Six Vegas 2 with two white sticks and a ball. For anyone who may have missed 30 Rock last week, here’s the uncanny valley better articulated with the kind of references we can all understand (porn and Star Wars).

As for those who would like to continue the episode’s debate as to whether or not porn and videogames could one day fuse into a quite literal nerdgasm, hit the comments and wear gloves.

“The Uncanny Valley”: Why Porn Video Games Suck [NSFW Fleshbot NSFW]

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