Comments on: Video of The Day: The Uncanny Valley http://missgeeky.com/2009/04/08/video-of-the-day-the-uncanny-valley/ Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:59:37 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: The Great Geek Manual » An Explanation of The Uncanny Valley http://missgeeky.com/2009/04/08/video-of-the-day-the-uncanny-valley/comment-page-1/#comment-3055 The Great Geek Manual » An Explanation of The Uncanny Valley Tue, 11 Aug 2009 23:49:54 +0000 http://missgeeky.com/?p=1492#comment-3055 [...] Source: Found via Miss Geeky [...] [...] Source: Found via Miss Geeky [...]

]]> By: Oli http://missgeeky.com/2009/04/08/video-of-the-day-the-uncanny-valley/comment-page-1/#comment-2185 Oli Tue, 14 Apr 2009 19:24:23 +0000 http://missgeeky.com/?p=1492#comment-2185 Good video, a great way to explain the concept - bookmarked it. Good video, a great way to explain the concept – bookmarked it.

]]> By: Wade http://missgeeky.com/2009/04/08/video-of-the-day-the-uncanny-valley/comment-page-1/#comment-2175 Wade Thu, 09 Apr 2009 16:12:33 +0000 http://missgeeky.com/?p=1492#comment-2175 It's interesting how the first technological area to seriously consider the dilemma of the almost human automaton is the electronic game industry. I don't think Isaac Asimov could have thought of that one back in the 1950s. I suppose Walt Disney and co. confronted the Valley syndrome as early as the 1960s, though with the icky Abraham Lincoln and other "automatronics". Thanks for the though-provoking video post, M. It’s interesting how the first technological area to seriously consider the dilemma of the almost human automaton is the electronic game industry. I don’t think Isaac Asimov could have thought of that one back in the 1950s. I suppose Walt Disney and co. confronted the Valley syndrome as early as the 1960s, though with the icky Abraham Lincoln and other “automatronics”.

Thanks for the though-provoking video post, M.

]]> By: Improbulus http://missgeeky.com/2009/04/08/video-of-the-day-the-uncanny-valley/comment-page-1/#comment-2173 Improbulus Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:40:54 +0000 http://missgeeky.com/?p=1492#comment-2173 Great video, ta. To me, dolls have always been right in the middle of the uncanny valley. They really scared me silly as a child. Still do! Great video, ta. To me, dolls have always been right in the middle of the uncanny valley. They really scared me silly as a child. Still do!

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