The History of Visual Effects by Matt Leonard

 

 Here is a fantastic reference of the history of VFX by Matt Leonard.

"In 1999 I was asked to write a brief overview of the history of the Visual Effects industry for a Hollywood publication CinemaGap.  This lead to a fascination with the history of Computer Graphics, Special and Visual Effects along with some aspects of Film and Animation. 
 
Below are links to my presentation,  20 years of research and hard work, and what I believe to be one of the most complete histories of the industry in one place on the internet.
 
And I'm making it available free for you to enjoy."

 Check it out here // The History of CG and VFX

Monkeys fall into the 'uncanny valley'

I found this article by a Princeton research team very interesting! Even monkeys can detect the 'uncanny valley'!! Check out the info here:

Like humans, monkeys fall into the 'uncanny valley'


*UPDATE

My friend Dan just sent this to me as well. Looks like WIRED also put their 2cents in on the 'uncanny' monkey subject:










WIRED on 'uncanny' monkey