The uncanny valley in games and animation presents a novel theory that goes beyond previous research in that the cause of the uncanny valley is based on a perceived lack of empathy in a character this book makes an original scholarly contribution to our current understanding of the uncanny valley phenomenon and fills a gap in the literature by assessing the biological and social roots of the uncanny valley and its implications for computer graphics animation. The uncanny valley in games and animation presents a novel theory that goes beyond previous research in that the cause of the uncanny valley is based on a perceived lack of empathy in a character this book makes an original scholarly contribution to our current understanding of the uncanny valley phenomenon and fills a gap in the literature by assessing the biological and social roots of the uncanny valley and its implications for computer graphics animation. The book focuses on how aspects of facial expression and speech can be manipulated to overcome the uncanny valley in character design the uncanny valley in games and animation presents a novel theory that goes beyond previous research in that the cause of the uncanny valley is based on a perceived lack of empathy in a character. The uncanny valley is an idea proposed by masahiro mori 1970 regarding negative emotions present in contacts with almost humanlike characters. Doi 101201 b17830 corpus id 148233303 the uncanny valley in games and animation inproceedingstinwell2014theuv titlethe uncanny valley in games and animation authorangela tinwell year2014