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International Journal of Arts and Technology, 2011
This paper proposes that increasing technological sophistication in the creation of realism for human-like, virtual characters is matched by increasing technological discernment on the part of the viewer. One of the goals for achieving a realism that is believable for virtual characters is to overcome the Uncanny Valley where perceived strangeness or ...
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This paper proposes that increasing technological sophistication in the creation of realism for human-like, virtual characters is matched by increasing technological discernment on the part of the viewer. One of the goals for achieving a realism that is believable for virtual characters is to overcome the Uncanny Valley where perceived strangeness or ...
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Translating the uncanny, uncanny translation
2020Theories of cultural translation implicitly bear on psychoanalytical concepts. This study highlights their bearings on a theory of the ‘uncanny’. The translator is one of the many possible embodiments of a ‘figure of the third’, which has been conceptualised both by an older speech-act theory of irony and by social philosophy (Simmel).
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2013
This chapter studies the concept of ‘the uncanny’ in relation to The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974). Throughout The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, elements of the Gothic have made themselves clearly manifest: the haunted house, the monster, and sustained persecution.
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This chapter studies the concept of ‘the uncanny’ in relation to The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974). Throughout The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, elements of the Gothic have made themselves clearly manifest: the haunted house, the monster, and sustained persecution.
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Proceedings of the 13th International MindTrek Conference: Everyday Life in the Ubiquitous Era, 2009
This paper proposes that increasing technological sophistication in the creation of realism for human-like virtual characters is matched by increasing technological discernment on the part of the viewer. One of the goals for achieving a realism that is believable for virtual characters is to overcome the Uncanny Valley where perceived eeriness or ...
A. Tinwell, M. Grimshaw
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This paper proposes that increasing technological sophistication in the creation of realism for human-like virtual characters is matched by increasing technological discernment on the part of the viewer. One of the goals for achieving a realism that is believable for virtual characters is to overcome the Uncanny Valley where perceived eeriness or ...
A. Tinwell, M. Grimshaw
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IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, 2008
What makes some near-human characters scary while others are merely laughable? More important, why do some human and humanlike characters fail to arouse our sympathy? Visual artists and roboticists face these questions as they seek to alternately frighten and endear.
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What makes some near-human characters scary while others are merely laughable? More important, why do some human and humanlike characters fail to arouse our sympathy? Visual artists and roboticists face these questions as they seek to alternately frighten and endear.
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Scientific American, 2010
The article discusses research on so-called blindsight that refers to the ability demonstrated by certain blind people to sense facial expressions of emotion and avoid physical obstacles. A study of a patient blinded by strokes is noted wherein the patient successfully navigates a hallway occupied by numerous boxes, chairs, and other objects ...
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The article discusses research on so-called blindsight that refers to the ability demonstrated by certain blind people to sense facial expressions of emotion and avoid physical obstacles. A study of a patient blinded by strokes is noted wherein the patient successfully navigates a hallway occupied by numerous boxes, chairs, and other objects ...
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2014
Her little bisque face is scarred by fine cracks, a mottled patina, and flaking coats of pallid paint feebly delineate her feather eyebrows, dimpled cheeks, and reddish lips. She is clothed in a white linen dress, which, although yellow with age, frayed and threadbare from years of fondling and pummelling, has preserved its delicate details.
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Her little bisque face is scarred by fine cracks, a mottled patina, and flaking coats of pallid paint feebly delineate her feather eyebrows, dimpled cheeks, and reddish lips. She is clothed in a white linen dress, which, although yellow with age, frayed and threadbare from years of fondling and pummelling, has preserved its delicate details.
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