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(The Uncanny Valley is the term for the effect where viewers find it harder to empathize with an artificial human image that looks close to -- but not exactly -- a real human face.)
Alex Remington: Avatar: Crazy, Ridiculous, and Irresistible 2009
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Zemeckis remarked that the Uncanny Valley was a term created for robots, and that film is different.
Comic-Con: Christmas Carol Footage and Reactions; Zemeckis on Motion Capture | /Film 2009
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You can see many more photographs of her skins, which I used as one of the main elements of a somewhat bizarre research experiment of my own called the Uncanny Valley here.
Archive 2008-11-01 Alpha Auer 2008
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You can see many more photographs of her skins, which I used as one of the main elements of a somewhat bizarre research experiment of my own called the Uncanny Valley here.
On ironforged velvety ocelot paws: Here comes Vry Offcourse... Alpha Auer 2008
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This is the point known as the Uncanny Valley see graph as pop-up.
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This is the point known as the Uncanny Valley see graph as pop-up.
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 A bunch of characters who are building a strip mall in the middle of the Uncanny Valley describe, with utter nonchalance, government control of their lives that would make George Orwell wet himself.
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The title of glass artist Graham Caldwell's new exhibition at G Fine Art, "The Uncanny Valley," comes from the nexus of art and science.
Gallery opening of the week: Graham Caldwell at G Fine Art Michael O 2010
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Maybe it's the Uncanny Valley, or maybe it's my bias against seeing so much money and talent blown on the ten-thousandth Alice in Wonderland retelling, but I just can't stand them.
Beautiful New Alice in Wonderland Concept Art and Character Stills | /Film 2010
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But all of the ABC shows I've tried to watch seem to fall into the Uncanny Valley -- they are life-like, not lively.
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