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Re:Very cool, but very creepy, open source project by tsunamifury on Wednesday September 21, 2011 @01:52PM (#3022996)
This has nothing to do with the Uncanny Valley. This is creepy because masks add a deadening look to the face and we sense that. It seperates the person from the face.
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Re:Very cool, but very creepy, open source project by DLWormwood on Wednesday September 21, 2011 @02:08PM (#3023063)
Read up on the "Uncanny Valley" again. Your example is one of the cases that lead to the development of the hypothesis in the first place. (The concept dates back to 1906 with a German paper.)
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