Uncanny as usability obstacle
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The present review failed to identify direct evidence for or against the uncanny valley in realistic stimuli, with the exception of some tentative findings.
“The present review failed to identify direct evidence for or against the uncanny valley in realistic stimuli, with the exception of some tentative findings (Flach et al., 2012; for other excluded but relevant studies, see Schneider et al., 2007; Tinwell, 2009; Tinwell et al., 2010).”
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- Authors
- Tinwell, A.
- Affiliations
- University of Greater Manchester (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Tinwell, Angela
- ORCID
- Tinwell, Angela
- Venue
- Lecture notes in computer science
- Publisher
- Springer Berlin Heidelberg
- Published
- 2009
- Pages
- 622-631
- ISSN
- 0302-9743 (ISSN-L)
- 1611-3349
- OpenAlex
- W1516295974
- Cited by
- 27
- References
- 6
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 6 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 3
- FWCI
- 3.12
- Type
- conference paper
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- ub-ir.bolton.ac.uk
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Lecture notes in computer science (publishedVersion)
- UBIR (University of Greater Manchester) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Social Robot Interaction and HRI
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Digital Games and Media
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Human-Computer Interaction › Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts
- Keywords
- uncanny valley, video game characters, virtual characters, user satisfaction, human-like appearance, photorealism, anthropomorphism, usability
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