True Photorealistic Graphics - when to expect? Maybe never?

[xatnys]

Sorry if this delves from the subject a bit, but can/does the uncanny valley (applied to robots AFAIK) apply to graphics approaching photorealism?

 

[Dio]

Yes, it does.

 

[DmitryKo]

For comparison, photorealistic (COLOR) graphics of 1984:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari 5200

 

[Angelcurio]

Personally, i consider photorealism the result of a combination of factors, rather than just graphics with real life like quality. The more we aproach to the uncanned valley, the more easy we detect when something is fake. I really think that animation is one of the things that really need to mature before we really achieve photorealistic graphics. You could have the most realistic sequence being made, but if your character mover weird or like a robot, then there goes your photorealism.

I think that we are still 10 years away from photorealism

 

[Simon F]

For comparison, photorealistic (COLOR) graphics of 1984:

No. Photorealistic graphics from 1984 is 1984 . (sorry about the size of the image... best I could find at short notice)