The Uncanny Valley - A future problem for gaming?

[windbane]

Rath said:

windbane said:

Rath said:

The Ghost of RubangB said:
I think you guys are using the term wrong. It's a continuum. As something looks more human, it looks "better," until a point, then there's a giant dip where it's super disgusting, THAT is the valley. After that, it gets better. Getting good enough to get back out of the valley is the hard part.

We've had shit in the valley for a very very long time. It's disgusting.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_valley

Isn't that what I said?

Its what I meant at least.

 

@Music. I haven't actually watched Beowulf to be honest. Doesn't it use motion capture however? That is something games cannot fully do.

Huh? Of course they can. Sports games have used them for years. Heavenly Sword was completely motion captured, and so was Uncharted.

 No because full motion capture would be entirely linear. They can use motion capture for individual animations but they cannot use motion capture in the way films use it.

Dude, all the movements were acted out in motion capture. I watched the "making of" special features of both games.