Essays about: "the uncanny"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 48 essays containing the words the uncanny.

  1. 21. How Could a Virtual Assistant Facilitate Daily Product Design Work? : By presenting key method and standard content; more specifically related to the mechanical product development area

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Interaktiva och kognitiva system

    Author : Pontus Tell; [2020]
    Keywords : Virtual Assistant; User Experience; Human-Artificial Intelligence guidelines; Anthropomorphism; The Uncanny Valley;

    Abstract : The usage of virtual assistants is starting to appear within a wide range of application areas. This thesis has been conducted in collaboration with Volvo Cars and more specifically the CAD & Mechanical Development department. It examines how a virtual assistant could facilitate daily product design work at Volvo Cars. READ MORE

  3. 22. Ich weiss nicht was soll es bedeuten : Uncanny Space in the Poetry of Sylvia Plath

    University essay from Mälardalens högskola/Akademin för utbildning, kultur och kommunikation

    Author : Eva Stenskär; [2020]
    Keywords : Sylvia Plath; Ariel; Uncanny; Unheimlich; Space; Mythology; Lazarus; Sigmund Freud; Nicholas Royle; Marie-Laure Ryan; Yi-Fu Tuan; Julia Kristeva;

    Abstract : Sylvia Plath’s poetry continues to receive considerable attention from a variety of groups and has been the target for such diverse critical approaches as Feminism, Ecocriticism, and Marxism, to name but a few. My paper focuses on a less investigated area of her poems: Space, and more specifically uncanny space in her later poetry. READ MORE

  4. 23. Virtual Influencing: Uncharted Frontier in the Uncanny Valley

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Mary Caroline Creasey; Adrián Vázquez Anido; [2020]
    Keywords : influencer marketing; virtual influencers; social media marketing; opinion leadership; brand spokespeople; brand spokes-characters; source credibility; uncanny valley; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Title: Virtual Influencing: Uncharted Frontier in the Uncanny Valley Date of the Seminar: 4th June 2020 Course: BUSN39 Degree Project in Global Marketing Authors: Mary Caroline Creasey and Adrián Vázquez Anido Supervisor: Burak Tunca Keywords: influencer marketing, virtual influencers, social media marketing, opinion leadership, brand spokespeople, brand spokes-characters, source credibility, uncanny valley Thesis purpose: In exploring if and to what extent reality level affects sentiment and skepticism, this study aims to provide valuable and actionable insights to both guide academics in further studies and help managers better understand nuances of influencer perceptions. Methodology: To analyze whether perception differs across influencers’ reality levels (human or virtual), this study collected comment data from Instagram to assess levels of sentiment and skepticism. READ MORE

  5. 24. Mapping The Valleys of The Uncanny : An investigation into a process and method, colliding with questions relating to what can be known to be real, within the field of algorithmic composition. Or if you prefer: The roles of instrumentation and timbre, as they unwittingly conspire to designate access, power, status, work and ultimately class.

    University essay from Kungl. Musikhögskolan/Institutionen för komposition, dirigering och musikteori

    Author : Daniel M Karlsson; [2019]
    Keywords : Algorithmic Composition;

    Abstract : We are free, from the shackles of the finite, and of the physical world. Sound now enjoys morphological freedom through a myriad of transformations. It is malleable to the utmost degree. We have at our disposal an astounding plethora of tools, with which we can manipulate and organise sound. READ MORE

  6. 25. Anthropomorphic design and anticipated user experience : A two-step provocational design study of the user experience of smart anthropomorphic products

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för informatik

    Author : Robin Bahlenberg; Xing Yan; [2019]
    Keywords : Anthropomorphic design; User Experience; Intelligent Products; Product Design; Information Communication; Uncanny Valley; Emotional Design;

    Abstract : We often see anthropomorphic designs in movies as highly intelligent robots, created to make our lives easier, but anthropomorphic is far more common than that. From cameras that look like eyes to face and voice recognition technology and avatars used by companies to support their brands. READ MORE