Uncanny Valley
Creative
interactive 3d art demo
SHOW HN2015
How HN took it
2 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 3 critical, out of 9 comments about the project. Thread score -0.12.
Execution: 0 for, 2 againstIdea: 2 for, 0 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Eerie, uncanny effect on viewers
From 2 comments
That really is uncanny. I had this feeling like there was actually a living person there in my computer.
calebm on HNvisceral_minds gave me chills
lfender6445 on HN
Shaders look magnificent
From 1 comment
I'm seeing the same rapidly alternating light source on Windows 8.1 / Geforce 980, both in Chrome 45.0.2454.101 m and Firefox 41.0.1 It's disorienting, seriously adding to the…
imagex on HN
Objections
Rapidly changing lights are annoying or disorienting
From 3 comments
Why does the lighting source keep frantically changing on the faces? That is very annoying. Maybe it's only a problem on my hardware.
degenerate on HNI'm seeing the same rapidly alternating light source on Windows 8.1 / Geforce 980, both in Chrome 45.0.2454.101 m and Firefox 41.0.1 It's disorienting, seriously adding to the…
imagex on HNLights move according to music. For the first song strobing can be too much, sorry for that, musicians liked it like that ;). If this is uncomfortable, you can press F key to…
bd on HN
Fails on some GPUs and drivers with GLSL warnings
From 2 comments
Tested in Firefox (41), and Firefox Nightly (44.0a1) under up-to-date Linux with Skia. This breaks for me when the viewport is higher than its width, which is how I normally have…
Excavator on HNViewport aspect ratio is likely unrelated. Those warnings mean your GPU driver doesn't support a feature that's critical for shaders used there. Sorry for that :( Which GPU do…
bd on HN
Crashes in some browsers
From 1 comment
Totally crashed my ubuntu 14.04 opening it in FF.
fuzzythinker on HN
Eyes appear to look past the viewer from some angles
From 2 comments
I'm curious: why does it feel like they're looking at me when I see them frontally, but like they're looking past me in other angles? Is it only me? Very noticeable with the…
kaoD on HNWe are very sensitive to event the smallest details about human eyes. There are some aspects that are not modeled in this demo. Probably the most important is that head models…
bd on HN
Requests
Option to stop the lighting flicker
From 2 comments
Why does the lighting source keep frantically changing on the faces? That is very annoying. Maybe it's only a problem on my hardware.
degenerate on HNyou can freeze the lighting with 'F'. press 'H' for more options.
tech-no-logical on HN
Questions
Why the eyes seem to follow the viewer
From 2 comments
I'm curious: why does it feel like they're looking at me when I see them frontally, but like they're looking past me in other angles? Is it only me? Very noticeable with the…
kaoD on HNWe are very sensitive to event the smallest details about human eyes. There are some aspects that are not modeled in this demo. Probably the most important is that head models…
bd on HN
Why the faces look fake at certain angles
From 1 comment
I think it keeps your mind from locking in on fake aspects of the faces, to make it look more real.
calebm on HN