Books > Professional & Technical > Electronics & communications engineering > Electronics engineering > Automatic control engineering > Robotics
|
Buy Now
The Uncanny Valley in Games and Animation (Hardcover)
Loot Price: R2,973
Discovery Miles 29 730
|
|
The Uncanny Valley in Games and Animation (Hardcover)
Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days
|
Advances in technology have enabled animators and video game
designers to design increasingly realistic, human-like characters
in animation and games. Although it was intended that this
increased realism would allow viewers to appreciate the emotional
state of characters, research has shown that audiences often have a
negative reaction as the human likeness of a character increases.
This phenomenon, known as the Uncanny Valley, has become a
benchmark for measuring if a character is believably realistic and
authentically human like. This book is an essential guide on how to
overcome the Uncanny Valley phenomenon when designing human-like
characters in digital applications. In this book, the author
provides a synopsis of literature about the Uncanny Valley
phenomenon and explains how it was introduced into contemporary
thought. She then presents her theories on its possible
psychological causes based on a series of empirical studies. The
book focuses on how aspects of facial expression and speech can be
manipulated to overcome the Uncanny Valley in character design. The
Uncanny Valley in Games and Animation presents a novel theory that
goes beyond previous research in that the cause of the Uncanny
Valley is based on a perceived lack of empathy in a character. This
book makes an original, scholarly contribution to our current
understanding of the Uncanny Valley phenomenon and fills a gap in
the literature by assessing the biological and social roots of the
Uncanny Valley and its implications for computer-graphics
animation.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.