Exploring the uncanny valley effect with talking heads

Takaaki Kuratate; Kathryn Ayers; Jeesun Kim; Denis K. Burnham

Exploring the uncanny valley effect with talking heads

Takaaki Kuratate
, Kathryn Ayers
, Jeesun Kim
, Denis K. Burnham

MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour & Development

Research output: Chapter in Book / Conference Paper › Conference Paper

Abstract

Here the "Uncanny Valley", where falling just short of perfection in creating synthetic humans exacts a large negative reaction, is explored with talking head animations focusing on naturalness in speech, face model and face motion. We discuss possible techniques to manipulate naturalness for each of these aspects. Outcomes of this method will provide insights for the choice of the degree of realism or naturalness required for various talking heads.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Interspeech 2008: Proceedings of the 9th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association, incorporating SST 2008, held in Brisbane, Qld. 22-26 September, 2008
Publisher	Causal Productions
Number of pages	1
Publication status	Published - 2008
Event	International Speech Communication Association. Conference - Duration: 9 Sept 2012 → …

Conference

Conference	International Speech Communication Association. Conference
Period	9/09/12 → …

Keywords

computer animation
face
facial animation
talking heads
face perception
uncanny valley

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Kuratate, T, Ayers, K, Kim, J & Burnham, DK 2008, Exploring the uncanny valley effect with talking heads. in Interspeech 2008: Proceedings of the 9th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association, incorporating SST 2008, held in Brisbane, Qld. 22-26 September, 2008. Causal Productions, International Speech Communication Association. Conference, 9/09/12.

Exploring the uncanny valley effect with talking heads. / Kuratate, Takaaki; Ayers, Kathryn; Kim, Jeesun et al.
Interspeech 2008: Proceedings of the 9th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association, incorporating SST 2008, held in Brisbane, Qld. 22-26 September, 2008. Causal Productions, 2008.

Research output: Chapter in Book / Conference Paper › Conference Paper

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