The Uncanny Valley - A future problem for gaming?

[windbane]

Kasz216 said:

windbane said:
As for uncanny valley: I thnk it's the most overblown idea in videogames right now. Do we talk about this junk with movies? If something looks unrealistic, it'll just get better.

If you mean movies with actors. Those are real people. It's different.  Think about it this way...

have you ever been in a store that has super realistic manicans?  Being used to the non realistic kind the ones that have the detailed yet not painted faces, are perfectly proportioned and have nipples and stuff are a bit freaky right?

Now picture that like... 100 times over.

nah, I meant animation, because that's what videogames do. I dunno, though, wax museums are pretty realistic. I think the creepiness is the same that dolls have...faces that don't change and the possiblility that they will start moving and kill you.