Sentences with phrase «uncanny valley thing»

Redditor Mykath also has an explanation as to why the Xenoblade Chronicles X characters cause such a knee jerk reaction: «The realistic shadows don't complement the «doughy» faces and instead has a weird uncanny valley thing going on a bit.»

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I wonder if the «uncanny valley», the discomfort experienced when confronted by a human - like android (12 January, p 35), could be related to the idea that our brains organise things into specific categories, such as dogs and fish under animals (5 January, p 10)?
I think that speaks to things about the uncanny valley and to narrative.
The coach, played by Aaron Eckhart under a lot of makeup that makes one wonder if the Uncanny Valley is a thing when it comes to latex, says that one player in particular stood out to him over the course of his career.
This could be exactly the sort of thing David Cage and co have tried to achieve with their interactive storytelling games, but it doesn't look like we're quite out of the uncanny valley just yet.
Recent exhibitions include: Neither One Thing Or Another at Jerwood Space; All Channels Open at Wysing Arts Centre (both 2017); Glasgow International 2016 at Tramway; SeMA Mediacity Seoul Biennial at Seoul Museum of Art; Missed Connections at Julia Stoschek Collection; New Realities at Espacio Fundacion Telefonica; Secret Surface at KW Institut (all 2016); Software, Hard Problem at Cubitt Gallery and The Uncanny Valley at Wysing Arts Centre (both 2015).
Hugh, two things for you — one where Dell have just wandered into the «uncanny valley» with e-mail marketing http://www.nevillehobson.com/2008/09/04/an-unwelcome-email-marketing-tactic/ and also where I'm up to with my one man social media empire bag (it's much lighter than it used to be).
While the colours on the front camera of the Xiaomi Mi Note 2 are pleasing and it does a relatively good job of detail preservation when the autofocus manages to get a lock, the dynamic range is a bit limited, the colours lack warmth, and the beautify modes (which are enabled by default) can push things a bit too far towards the uncanny valley.
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