Look up Uncanny Valley: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_valley
The *uncanny valley* is a hypothesis in the field of human aesthetics which holds that when human features look and move almost, but not exactly, like natural human beings, it causes a response of revulsion<http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/revulsion> among human observers. Examples can be found in the fields of robotics<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robotics> , 3D <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D_computer_graphics> computer animation<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_animation> , and in medical fields such as burn reconstruction, infectious diseases, neurological conditions, and plastic surgery. The "valley" refers to the dip in a graph of the comfort level of humans as subjects move toward a healthy, natural human likeness described in a function<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Function_(mathematics)> of a subject's aesthetic acceptability. On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 6:09 PM, Bruce Sorge <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hahaha. > > Sent from my iPhone 4S. > > > On Oct 14, 2013, at 4:08 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > we'd all be creeped out by your face on an android Bruce > > > > > >> On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 12:14 PM, Bruce Sorge <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> > >> I was watching this video and was really not surprised by the > >> reaction of Bertolt. I think that I'd be creeped out too if some android > >> had my face on it. > >> > >> > >> > http://www.smithsonianchannel.com/sc/web/video/titles/22613/giving-a-face-to-the-incredible-bionic-man > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:367747 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
