Iori Kusano

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Stories By Iori Kusano

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    Robotics
    Robotics By Iori Kusano

    Three hours in uncanny valley

    The key to a solid high five is knowing where your buddy's hand is and when to stop swinging. Celebrated manga artist Konomi Takeshi did not have this knowledge. At least, he didn't appear to from where I was sitting. The move probably looked fine from the middle of the ground floor of the Pacifico Yokohama National Convention Hall, where the seats were nearly level with the stage. Up on the third floor, seated slightly left of center stage, I saw his hand bypass Tōyama Kintarō's entirely. The fact that Kintarō was a virtual-reality character may have had something to do with that.

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