For decades, animators have attempted to recreate realistic human faces without entering what's called the 'uncanny valley.'
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Science fiction prepares us to deal with certain technologies as they arise in the real world.
It's all in the faces they pull.
Does the 'uncanny valley' actually exist and what lies behind our unease?
We can give robots smiling mouths but until we can put emotion into their eyes as well we're better off with less human-looking designs.
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Director, Centre for Game Design Research, RMIT University
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