Uncanny as usability obstacle

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 5621 LNCS, Issue , 2009, Pages 622-631

  Tinwell, Angela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Photo realistic; Uncanny Valley; Usability Obstacle; Video Games

Indexed keywords

PHOTO-REALISTIC; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; STRONG CORRELATION; UNCANNY VALLEY; USER SATISFACTION; USER'S SATISFACTION; VIDEO CLIPS; VIDEO GAME; VIRTUAL CHARACTER;

EDUCATIONAL MOTION PICTURES; LANDFORMS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; USABILITY ENGINEERING;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 76649094554     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-02774-1_67     Document Type: Conference Paper

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