In Search of the Uncanny Valley

Frank Pollick

User Centric Media. First International Conference, UCMedia 2009, Venice, Italy, December 9-11, 2009, Revised Selected Papers

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In Search of the Uncanny Valley

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@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-642-12630-7_8,
    author={Frank Pollick},
    title={In Search of the Uncanny Valley},
    proceedings={User Centric Media. First International Conference, UCMedia 2009, Venice, Italy, December 9-11, 2009, Revised Selected Papers},
    proceedings_a={UCMEDIA},
    year={2012},
    month={10},
    keywords={uncanny valley animation robot},
    doi={10.1007/978-3-642-12630-7_8}
}

Frank Pollick
Year: 2012
In Search of the Uncanny Valley
UCMEDIA
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-12630-7_8

Frank Pollick¹^,*

1: University of Glasgow

*Contact email: frank@psy.gla.ac.uk

Abstract

Recent advances in computer animation and robotics have lead to greater and greater realism of human appearance to be obtained both on screen and in physical devices. A particular issue that has arisen in this pursuit is whether increases in realism necessarily lead to increases in acceptance. The concept of the uncanny valley suggests that high, though not perfect, levels of realism will result in poor acceptance. We review this concept and its psychological basis.

Keywords: uncanny valley animation robot

Published: 2012-10-23

: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-12630-7_8