For this week I did a little bit of research on the Uncanny Valley effect, what is this effect? when does this effect take place? what are prominent features for this effect? The Uncanny Valley effect is an unpleasant feeling that people get when they see a realistic humanoid robot. This effect can also work with things like masks, dolls or 3D characters in movies (etc).
While researching about this effect I came across one of the most talked about Animated movies that has this uncanny valley effect. This Animated movie is The polar express. In the movie the polar express they had the actors use Motion capture to get digital copies of them. After the movie came out they had many different reviews that go from ‘creepy’ to being praised.
Bibliography:
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Geller, T. (2008). Overcoming the Uncanny Valley. IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, 28(4), pp.11–17. doi:10.1109/mcg.2008.79.
Collins, J. and Jervis, J. (2008). Document: ‘On the Psychology of the Uncanny’ (1906): Ernst Jentsch. Uncanny Modernity, pp.216–228. doi:10.1057/9780230582828_12.