Exploring the Uncanny Valley with Japanese video game characters

3rd Digital Games Research Association International Conference: "Situated Play", DiGRA 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 546-549

  Schneider, Edward ^a   Wang, Yifan ^a   Yang, Shanshan ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT POTSDAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Character design; Uncanny Valley; Video games; Virtual characters

Indexed keywords

DESIGN THEORY; HUMAN REACTION; MASS MEDIA; PHOTO-REALISTIC; UNCANNY VALLEY; VIDEO GAME; VIRTUAL CHARACTER;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; LANDFORMS; MACHINE DESIGN; ROBOTS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 77955187888     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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