CupOfWater
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Hi
I just understood why mannequins in cloth stores freaks me out. It's because of somthing called the Uncanny Valley. As an object or robot start looking more and more like a human, we like it more and more. We find their human characteristics cute and appealing. But that's only a certain point. Suddenly, we think they look weird, scary, and almost zombie-like. That's because they look so much like a human being, that we start focusing on the things that are NOT human. This freaks us out.
I have for as long as I can remember, been scared by mannequins, but first today I got the explanation. For me, mannequins resides deep in the uncanny valley.
Here is a good example of the uncanny valley. Most people have a bad reaction to this video, because he looks almost human, but still, our brain are able to spot the tiny faults.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pyhf3JmODHE
EDIT:
Here is a great video, explaining the phenomena. Some of those robots are just... Extremely creepy :shock:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNdAIPoh8a4
I just understood why mannequins in cloth stores freaks me out. It's because of somthing called the Uncanny Valley. As an object or robot start looking more and more like a human, we like it more and more. We find their human characteristics cute and appealing. But that's only a certain point. Suddenly, we think they look weird, scary, and almost zombie-like. That's because they look so much like a human being, that we start focusing on the things that are NOT human. This freaks us out.
I have for as long as I can remember, been scared by mannequins, but first today I got the explanation. For me, mannequins resides deep in the uncanny valley.
Here is a good example of the uncanny valley. Most people have a bad reaction to this video, because he looks almost human, but still, our brain are able to spot the tiny faults.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pyhf3JmODHE
EDIT:
Here is a great video, explaining the phenomena. Some of those robots are just... Extremely creepy :shock:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNdAIPoh8a4