The Uncanny Wall

International Journal of Arts and Technology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 326-341

  Tinwell, Angela ^a   Grimshaw, Mark ^a   Williams, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arts and technology; Familiarity; Human like; Impossible traverse; Overcoming; Realism; Strangeness; Uncanny Valley; Uncanny Wall; Video games; Virtual characters

Indexed keywords

LANDFORMS;

FAMILIARITY; HUMAN LIKE; IMPOSSIBLE TRAVERSE; OVERCOMING; REALISM; STRANGENESS; UNCANNY VALLEY; UNCANNY WALL; VIDEO GAME; VIRTUAL CHARACTER;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 84858965379     PISSN: 17548853     EISSN: 17548861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJART.2011.041485     Document Type: Review

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