The Uncanny Valley in games and animation. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Angela Tinwell.
• Authors: Tinwell, Angela
• Contents: Acknowledgments; Author Biography; Introduction; ; The Uncanny Valley; Experience of the Uncanny; Bukimi no Tani —The Uncanny Valley; Critical Studies of the Uncanny Valley in Games and Animation; References; ; Previous Investigation into the Uncanny Valley; Design Guidelines for a Character’s Appearance; The Effect of Movement; Plotting the Uncanny Valley; Lost in Translation?; The Effect of Age and Gender on Sensitivity to the Uncanny Valley; An Evolutionary or Developmental Phenomenon?; References; ; Survival Horror Characters and the Uncanny; Early Sound Cinema; Survival Horror versus Horror Film; Facial Expression; Speech Qualities; Articulation of Speech; Lip-Synchronization; Designing for or against the Uncanny; References; ; Uncanny Facial Expression of Emotion; Universal Emotions; Facial Action Coding System; Nonverbal Communication; False or Fabricated Emotion; The Effect of Emotion Type on Uncanniness; Uncanny Emotion: Fear and Surprise; Sadness and Anthropomorphism; Disgust, Revulsion and the Nose Wrinkler Action; Our Perceptual Advantage to Anger; Happiness and Uncanny False Smiles; References; ; Applying Psychological Plausibility to the Uncanny Valley; Previous Psychological Explanations of the Uncanny Valley; Empathy and Humanity; Perception of Antisocial Personality Traits in an Uncanny Character; Lack of Visual Startle Reflex and Psychopathy; Aberrant Facial Expression and Perception of Psychopathy; The Effect of Character Gender and Age on Uncanniness; Antisocial Traits in Antipathetic Characters; References; ; The Mind’s Mirror and the Uncanny; Mirror Neuron Activity; Facial Mimicry and Emotional Contagion; A Lack of Facial Mimicry in Humans; Facial Mimicry in Relational Human-Like Characters; The Uncanny in Humans; References; ; Attachment Theory and Threat to Self-Concept (Ego); Reflection of the Self; Self, Identity and Attachment Theory; Protest, Despair and Detachment Behavior; Threat to Self-Concept (Ego); Objective Quantification of Uncanniness and Future Work; Do We All Experience the Uncanny in Human-Like Characters?; References; ; Will We Ever Overcome the Uncanny Valley?; Overcoming the Uncanny: A Question of Time?; The Uncanny Wall; The Human and Financial Cost of Uncanny Human-Like Characters; The Future: A Human-Like Virtual Newborn; References; Index;
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white, and colour)
• Subjects: 006.696; Computer animation; Computer graphics; Computer games -- Design; Computer games -- Social aspects; Human engineering; Human mechanics -- Computer simulation; Human body -- Computer simulation
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781466586956
• Related ISBNs: 9781466586949
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; item not viewed.
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