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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Journal | Journal of Gaming & Virtual Worlds |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Pages (from-to) | 3-25 |
| Number of pages | 23 |
| ISSN | 1757-191X |
| Publication status | Published - 2010 |
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- Uncanny Valley,Emotion,horror games,characters. realism,facial expression,audio-visual speech,Computer games
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Uncanny behaviour in survival horror games. / Tinwell, Angela; Grimshaw, Mark Nicholas; Williams, Andrew.
In: Journal of Gaming & Virtual Worlds, Vol. 2, No. 1, 2010, p. 3-25.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
TY - JOUR
T1 - Uncanny behaviour in survival horror games
AU - Tinwell, Angela
AU - Grimshaw, Mark Nicholas
AU - Williams, Andrew
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - This study investigates the relationship between the perceived strangeness of a virtual character and the perception of human likeness for some attributes of motion and sound. Participants (N=100) were asked to rate thirteen video clips of twelve different virtual characters and one human. The results indicate that attributes of motion and sound do exaggerate the uncanny phenomenon and how frightening that character is perceived to be. Strong correlations were identified for the perceived strangeness of a character with how human-like a character?s voice sounded, how human-like the facial expression appeared and how synchronized the character?s sound was with lip movement; characters rated as the least synchronized were perceived to be the most frightening. Based on the results of this study, this article seeks to define an initial set of hypotheses for the fear-evoking aspects of character facial rendering and vocalization in survival horror games that can be used by game designers seeking to increase the fear factor in the genre, and that will form the basis of further experiments, which, it is hoped, will lead to a conceptual framework for the uncanny.
AB - This study investigates the relationship between the perceived strangeness of a virtual character and the perception of human likeness for some attributes of motion and sound. Participants (N=100) were asked to rate thirteen video clips of twelve different virtual characters and one human. The results indicate that attributes of motion and sound do exaggerate the uncanny phenomenon and how frightening that character is perceived to be. Strong correlations were identified for the perceived strangeness of a character with how human-like a character?s voice sounded, how human-like the facial expression appeared and how synchronized the character?s sound was with lip movement; characters rated as the least synchronized were perceived to be the most frightening. Based on the results of this study, this article seeks to define an initial set of hypotheses for the fear-evoking aspects of character facial rendering and vocalization in survival horror games that can be used by game designers seeking to increase the fear factor in the genre, and that will form the basis of further experiments, which, it is hoped, will lead to a conceptual framework for the uncanny.
KW - Uncanny Valley,Emotion,horror games,characters. realism,facial expression,audio-visual speech,Computer games
M3 - Journal article
VL - 2
SP - 3
EP - 25
JO - Journal of Gaming & Virtual Worlds
JF - Journal of Gaming & Virtual Worlds
SN - 1757-191X
IS - 1
ER -