Here is a nice attempt at hacking a toy into something more substantial, gives me pause for thought, perhaps I might try this, just for fun. More pictures and videos are on the site after the jump.
Archive for December, 2005
Robot F.A.C.E
December 29th, 2005More Albert Hubo details
December 29th, 2005
Thanks to Paul for this note that more information about Albert Hubo is available on David Hansons site, including a very nice video, further to my previous post.
While you are on the site check out some of the pther downloads available, especially the paper debating the uncanny valley and the lack of data to support its premis. Much like my post here about the same subject but more thorough (and some time before my post).
Dead eyes in King Kong
December 5th, 2005
Quite an amusing article in Wired about high resolution (TV wise) characters that look like zombies. Clive Thompson talks about the uncanny valley which I have explored in the past.
Interestingly the new high def xbox 360 version of the game in question seems to have a completely different and lower quality set of characters than the PS2 version, odd. Anyway, I wont hold my breath waiting for the industry to wake from its slumber but I am always happy to see their customers pointing out the glaring deficiencies in their products 
