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I'm no valley expert, but it seems to me that uncanny valley refers to an artificial system intended to mimic a natural one. It mostly gets the mimicry right,

I'm no valley expert, but it seems to me that uncanny valley refers to an artificial system intended to mimic a natural one. It mostly gets the mimicry right, but not enough that we are completely fooled. This freaks some people out. Siri's UI intends to mimic a person that understands what you are saying. In practice, it gets it wrong in hilarious and frustrating ways, breaking the illusion. So "uncanny valley" seems ok to me.

brianmcc 12y ago
Is the term not about getting so close to real that it's that the remaining shortfall makes us uncomfortable? E.g. something "50% real" is so far off, we psychologically dismiss it as a cartoon, drawing, whatever. It's not trying to compete with real. Something "98% real" freaks us out though. Surprised I have not yet seen this link: http://blog.codinghorror.com/avoiding-the-uncanny-valley-of-user-interface/ http://blog.codinghorror.com/avoiding-the-uncanny-valley-of-...