Heavy Rain is Uncanny Valley indeed....

[vlad321]

CGI-Quality said:
@ vlad

There are different forms of the Uncanny Valley and those movies are CGI. In real time (HEAVY RAIN) there has yet to be a step this close to real life. From all that's been shown HEACY RAIN is the closest consoles have gotten. The uncanny valley actually began with robots end as ComputerGeneratedImage (CGI) got more advanced, it started applying that “uncanny” feel to faces, movement, etc. As far as whats gotten the closest: Movies- Beowulf, Polar Express, Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within. Games: HEAVY RAIN - to me it's all in the uncanny valley, Rockstar Games Presents Table Tennis, Fight Night Round 3, and Mass Effect. It's gettin there Vlad, stay tuned bud :)

 

Just because it's in real-time does not automatically put it in the uncanny valley, which is what forevercloud is saying. Even if its animations and models are the best on consoles it really does not mean it's in the valley. Until games start looking even more like Beowulf we can't really place them in the uncanny valley.'

 

@cloud

I'm sorry that I have gazed upon these pics with my untrained eyes. I'll come back to this thread Friday  night/ Satruday morning after finals when my eyes have become more "trained."