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 | From Paul Gil, your About Computers Editor I watched some scuba diving footage in 3D last week. It was pretty comic, wearing these 3D eyeglasses in the store, reaching out and trying to grab virtual fish out of the air. I really enjoyed my 3D experience, until I tried doing 3D computer gaming on the same display. The gaming avatars gave me the 'Uncanny Valley' creeps. | |
What Is the 'Uncanny Valley' in Computer Graphics?
It started as a robotics term in the 1970's, but it has very modern meaning. The 'Uncanny Valley' describes a special place in human perception where people start to become very resistant to computer graphics that attempt to replicate the human face and shape. About.com explains how this psychological phenomenon applies to modern 3D graphic rendering...
| What Is 'Smart' TV?
'Smart' television is about managing all the many modern options for content. Traditional TV, streaming movies from Netflix and Amazon and Hulu, YouTube, satellite, internet TV, Spotify music and more: this is what smart televisions try to manage for you. About.com explains how this first generation of smart TV sets might make life easier...
| 5 Top-Rated Laptops You Can Buy for Under $500
Yes, you can have a really good laptop for less than the price of an iPad. These machines are not quad core, nor will they run Call of Duty on high graphics settings. But for daily office and student work, these laptops are outstanding value for the money. Here are 5 budgets notebooks worth looking at...
| 'Unjamming Fu': How to Fix Printer Jams
All of us have fought with a jammed printer before. But most of us employ a frustrating trial-and-error method that usually results in four-letter words. Don't embarrass yourself...try this simple technique of 'unjamming fu'.
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