Yeaa...

[kai_loi]

Sometimes people ask me what is meant by "The Uncanny Valley" in robotics and facial animation.

Well now thanks to a new Japanese software project that can take a single front of facial photo of you and animate it... I can say "this is the uncanny valley.. right here.

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if you don't believe me pause it on a few frames and tell me that looks

Comments

[volancia]

Yeah that is a little creepy, but also very cool what they are being able to do with computer animation.

[jsr]

Evil! Hit it with sticks!

[ellebabe]

That is uncanny!

And creepy.

[bellacrow]

that gives me the heebie-jeebies