Leaping the Uncanny Valley 421
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."
Re:Wow (Score:3, Funny)
Re:We've heard this before (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.
Re:Not really animation (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Not really animation (Score:3, Funny)
Want controversy?
IUD.
Re:Uncanny mask (Score:4, Funny)
So gluing an weird uncanny mask on an actors face will be the future of animation?
Considering the quality of acting these days by Hollywood, anything that obstructs their faces would be an improvement.
Re:It's more convincing than... (Score:5, Funny)
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.
Re:Not a good test (Score:4, Funny)
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!!!
Hasn't jumped the valley. (Score:5, Funny)
Heck, she doesn't even look as real as Celine Dion, let alone a real person.
Re:We've heard this before (Score:1, Funny)
Damnit, CREEPY is SEXY.
Re:We've heard this before (Score:5, Funny)
Re:How true was this? (Score:4, Funny)
Note: I didn't post a link to Wikipedia out of fear of a picture. [shudder]
Re:We've heard this before (Score:1, Funny)
There, broke that for you. HAND.
Re:We've heard this before (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.
Re:Umm... (Score:3, Funny)
Are you sure it's the Uncanny Valley affecting your reaction the girl in the video and not the /. effect?
The /. effect is what I call the nature fear and discomfort all /. readers feel towards the finer sex. I'm pretty sure they have cooties.
Re:We've heard this before (Score:5, Funny)
Yes, but you are talking about anime - the same animation style that introduced the world to tentacle porn.
Re:We've heard this before (Score:3, 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.
Aw man, they forced you to watch Haruhi? [youtube.com] :(