Crossing the Uncanny Valley " uncanny valley " is the name for a phenomenon in computer graphics where the closer something looks to reality, the more the mind rejects it as being real. When you see something like a cartoon--say, Finding Nemo --you don't think about it beingen-USTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)re: Crossing the Uncanny Valley, 23 Feb 2007 07:06:43 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:1745310Dean Harding<p>I think they mention this in the commentary for Shrek, but they had to scale back the &quot;realism&quot; in the Fiona character because of this. In the final version of the film, she looks much more cartoon-y than they originally had planned.</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="" width="1" height="1">