The Uncanny Valley Harry Potter

By Michael Huang on June 16, 2007 8:37 PM | 0 Comments

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These new Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix screenshots just show how photorealistically textured 3d animation in videogames still falls under the Uncanny Valley, and even more so since we're so used to seeing the real actors. Ron looks especially weird, but poor Harry looks like a manikin.

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