Video: Lifelike animation heralds new era for computer games: Wow. This is state of the art in computer animation. Crazy, crazy natural. It’s maybe just a bit off, but I don’t know if I would have questioned it if I didn’t know in advance.
She is considered to be one of the first animations to have overleapt a long-standing barrier known as ‘uncanny valley’ - which refers to the perception that animation looks less realistic as it approaches human likeness.
If you’re unclear on the term: The Uncanny Valley