Copy Clerk  Posts: 64 Joined: 12 Jan 2009     | |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1320 Joined: 11 Oct 2008     | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKTAJBQSm10&feature=channel_page Check that video. It's funny and educational! |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2009 Joined: 3 Dec 2008    | The uncanny valley is a concept whereby something which is approaching a human level (really good graphics or realistic human android) the more we will have a revulsion to it. |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 746 Joined: 9 Apr 2008    | Its a mostly hypothetical scenario in which the closer something appears to be human, the greater the mind can pick out flaws in it, which causes us to distrust it or be unsettled by it. |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 471 Joined: 16 May 2008   | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_valley Welcome to the Escapist. See you around. Edit: Man, I was, like, triple Ninja'd. |
Paperboy  Posts: 26 Joined: 24 May 2008    | It mainly refers to the real-world creation of lifelike, humanoid machines. It suggest that the more "human" a machine looks, the more its inhuman traits will be noticeable. As a result, the machine becomes borderline disturbing. That's just a terribly brief summary of it, off the top of my head. For example, think of the characters in Oblivion or Fallout 3. They look human, but their movements and deadpan faces become disconcerting as a result. |
Wordsmith Extraordinaire  Posts: 12821 Joined: 30 Jan 2008   | Its a valley that bears an almost unbelievable resemblance to another one. |
Copy Clerk Posts: 64 Joined: 12 Jan 2009 | oh thanks! |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 1320 Joined: 11 Oct 2008 |
You mean so much so that it's almost... uncanny? |
On the Record  Posts: 6822 Joined: 23 Dec 2007  |
Science and Graphic Whores thank you. |
Copy Clerk Posts: 64 Joined: 12 Jan 2009 | wow short forum |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 1320 Joined: 11 Oct 2008 |
You're welcome! Where's my pizza? |
Beat Writer  Posts: 218 Joined: 20 Nov 2007  |
This guy's videos are amazing, thanks for the heads up! |
Wordsmith Extraordinaire Posts: 12821 Joined: 30 Jan 2008 |
Thank you, that was the joke. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2802 Joined: 29 Dec 2007  |
And this hyop-whatsit is in a vally? Seriously though I'm glad I now know what that name means, and have a name for that theory. |
Copy Clerk  Posts: 103 Joined: 10 Jan 2009   | The best example, movie wise, is probably The Polar Express. Creepy CGI zombie Ton Hanks. |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 728 Joined: 19 Dec 2008  |
This guy is awesome. I've just watched a few of his videos on Youtube and I can't help but hope someone snatches him up like Escapist bumped up Yahtzee... |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 3579 Joined: 13 Dec 2008  |
Actually, the best example is based on a video game. Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within was widely panned by critics because of the closeness (apparently) to the Uncanny Valley of the CGI graphics used for the characters. I couldn't see anything wrong myself, but critics said although story and character development was good and the film could have been a success, characters were too far in the Uncanny Valley for the film to be worth seeing. |
Wordsmith Extraordinaire Posts: 12821 Joined: 30 Jan 2008 |
I think Edge did. |
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What is the uncanny valley?
i have heard of it but when i ask about it no one says or knows anything about it.