uncanny valley
noun[UorS]
(alsoUncanny Valley)uk/ʌnˌkæn.i ˈvæl.i/us/ʌnˌkæn.i ˈvæl.i/used to refer to theunpleasantfeelingthat somepeoplehave when theyseerobots(=machinesthat cancarryoutactionsautomatically), orpicturesof ahumanbeingcreatedby acomputer, thatappearverysimilarto alivinghuman:
恐怖谷理论（也译作“诡异谷”，指人们看到机器人或者电脑制作的人类图片时可能产生的厌恶感）Uncannyvalleydescribesasituationin which amachinelookssoeerily"almostbut notquitehuman" that it justcreepspeopleout.“恐怖谷理论”指的是“几乎是但不完全是人类”的机器会让人感觉毛骨悚然。
- Thedevelopmentofhumanoidrobotshas beenhamperedby what some roboticistscallthe "uncannyvalley".
- They're alwaystryingto makehumanson thescreenlookmorerealistic, and there's thisphenomenoncalled the "uncannyvalley" where itbecomesa littlecreepy.
- Wewitnessedtheimpactof the UncannyValleyat themovietheatresin 2004.
- Theastonishingcharacteranimationsuggeststheuncannyvalleymight have beensuccessfullycrossed.
Strange, suspicious and unnatural
- aberrant
- abnormal
- abnormally
- add
- Alice-in-Wonderland
- freakishness
- funnily
- funnily enoughidiom
- ghostliness
- ghoul
- perverse
- perversely
- perversity
- perverted
- pervy
- wack
- wackadoodle
- wackiness
- wacky
- warped