Most people experience an eerie sensation when they meet natural-looking artificial beings, especially humanoid robots. This is the “Uncanny Valley” effect, the psychological reaction of unease and ...

A young adult diagnosed with autism recently told me about how they are aware that, when interacting with peers and striving to act neurotypically, and even seemingly doing this well (they are an ...

On the surface, creating humanoid robots makes a lot of sense. After all, we look at ourselves so much that interacting with something that has a similar appearance should be easier to accept into our ...

Photorealistic faces in video games have been with us for a while, but they’ve still been a long way from what you’d call realistic. While we’ve got the polygons and texturing almost perfected, facial ...