CibbuanoAre we ready to dig ourselves out of the uncanny valley?
August 27th 2008 03:04
I've got on ad nauseum about the Uncanny Valley and how we're stuck in the pit of it, unable to make CGI animations that look good without getting cartoony.
Researchers at Image Metrics, a California company, have tried to punch through the valley, and break on through to the other side. They've released this short clip of 'Emily', a CGI character that mimics real-life actress Emily O'Brian.
The results are pretty impressive:
From the Times Online article:
""The subtlety of the timing of eye movements is a big one. People also have a natural asymmetry - for instance, in the muscles in the side of their face. Those types of imperfections aren't that significant but they are what makes people look real.""
See the Emily Project on Image Metric's website.
An interesting article on the Uncanny Valley by Clive Thomson.
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the point to notice is that, for years, computer animators have been trying to make realistic looking people, but have found that the harder they try, the nastier the models look.
Finally, with massive computing power are they getting close...!
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Gotta love the advances in CGI. You're right, usually the harder they try the worse they look but...these guys are onto something. They have an interesting site.
Great stuff Cib.
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