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Creepy CGI Faces

Tech Buzz There’s something odd about watching the faces in a few recent motion-capture CGI demos. Something…uncanny. New technology has allowed animators to make CGI faces look more and more like real live moving corpses. Should they scale back toward cartoons?
Nick Douglas about 15 weeks ago
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Lifelike Animation Heralds New Era for Computer Games

technology.timesonline.co.uk
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Pendulum Alter Ego Facial Animations

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Alter Ego Demo Reel

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The Polar Express: A Virtual Train Wreck

wardomatic.blogspot.com
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Uncanny Valley

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Do not want. Don’t care how lovely your cabin in the uncanny valley is. Will not go.

Nick Jones 15 weeks ago
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Animated People Get Freaky and Realistic - MotionPortrait

Bianca Bartz 15 weeks ago
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Incredibly Realistic Animated Actors - Image Metrics

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Bianca Bartz 15 weeks ago
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uncanny valley of entertainment value

Andy Yaco-Mink 15 weeks ago
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The Phillip K. Dick robot before its head was left in the overhead luggage compartment of an American Airlines flight.

Eric Buth 15 weeks ago
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The Uncanny Valley and Video Game Porn: Fast Forward the Hulu player to 8:25 to see “30 Rock” on the Uncanny Valley.

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Jonah Peretti 15 weeks ago
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The Uncanny Valley Graph. Cool right?

Jonah Peretti 15 weeks ago
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