The term uncanny valley refers to the feeling of discomfort one has when coming across … – LinkedIn

The term uncanny valley refers to the feeling of discomfort one has when coming across some android representation that looks remarkably human, but not quite. Microsoft Teams emojis live in the uncomfortable valley—a phenomenon Senior Tech Writer Rebecca Heilweil defines as the effect one experiences when presented with some kind of image, and there’s an uncomfortable gap between normal-looking and absolutely insane. For example, the Teams “angry” face, which actually shakes in fury, cannot be taken seriously, but it has no irony, either. The “thinking” face seems overly skeptical, and the “upside down” face seems to be having fun, when the whole point of this face is to express irony. Read more about how Microsoft Teams struggles to make the digital workplace more casual: https://bit.ly/4lSla1w More from this author Explore content categories
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