Meeting Agenda

Date:	August 20, 2015
Location:	DC 1331
Time:	11:30
Chair:	Stephen Mann

1. Acceptance of the Agenda - additions or deletions

2. Coffee Hour

Coffee hour last week:: Volunteers?
Coffee hour this week:: Volunteers?
Coffee hour next week:: Volunteers?

3. Forthcoming

Date:	August 27, 2015	September 3	September 10	September 17
Location:	DC 1331 11:30	DC 1331 11:30	DC 1331 11:30	DC 1331 11:30
Chair:	Lesley Northam	Tyler Nowicki	Reza Adhitya Saputra	Matthew Thorne
Technical Presentation:	Craig Kaplan	Egor Larionov	Stephen Mann	Lesley Northam

4. Technical Presentation

Ryan Goldade	Title : Climbing out of the uncanny valley Abstract: The thought experiment of emotional response to human-likeness is ubiquitous within computer graphics. However the cause and solution to this negative emotional response (the uncanny valley) is not well defined. Amongst artists, it is suggested that eye and skin movement of a character's face are the most important factors in eliciting positive emotional response. New developments in motion capture and synthesis aim to capture realistic dynamics and appearance to bring human-like character creation out of the chasm.

Ryan Goldade

Title : Climbing out of the uncanny valley
Abstract:
The thought experiment of emotional response to human-likeness is ubiquitous within computer graphics. However the cause and solution to this negative emotional response (the uncanny valley) is not well defined. Amongst artists, it is suggested that eye and skin movement of a character's face are the most important factors in eliciting positive emotional response. New developments in motion capture and synthesis aim to capture realistic dynamics and appearance to bring human-like character creation out of the chasm.

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9. Directors' Meeting

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