The viral "uncanny valley" makeup trend is taking over TikTok with more than 40 million views as creators are trying to spook their viewers with their scary good makeup skills.

The uncanny valley makeup trend apparently started with an Oct. 26 TikTok from @blonde.girlyy, who was “attempting to subtly not look human.” The look didn’t quite look inhuman, but she was ...

"Uncanny Valley makeup is a look that subtly distorts reality," makeup artist Gabrielle Alvarez tells POPSUGAR. "It casts an eerie effect that seems human but is very clearly not when you take a ...

Basically, humans comfortably engage with robots up until they reach the drop-off point, or valley, along the curve. That's when robots become too human-like and begin to make us feel unsettled ...

The uncanny valley is both surprisingly complex and, as a shorthand for anything related to robots, nearly useless. At the heart of [Masahiro] Mori’s proposed valley is a witch’s brew of ...

The Uncanny Valley: Advancements And Anxieties Of AI That Mimics Life Adobe Stock Seeing something that looks almost but not exactly human can be a strange and frightening experience for some people.

Fearing such an effect, many animation studios steer clear of the uncanny valley altogether and prefer to place cartoonish humans amid more realistic surroundings, as in the Oscar-winning Pixar ...

Storytelling And The 'Uncanny Valley' : 13.7: Cosmos And Culture Animators find it difficult to bring the realistic human form to life on the screen. Why is this?

A Generational Divide in the Uncanny Valley. Adults find highly realistic imitations of human beings to be creepy, but young children don’t see the problem. By . Alison Gopnik. Share.