The imagineers at Disney World recently made the dangerous decision to fiddle with Haunted Mansion, one of the park’s finest attractions, updating the holographic hitchhiking ghosts that appear to join you in your car as you leave the ride for the 21st Century. But wait!, you say. Stop! It’s not broke! Don’t fix it! More »
Former Disney audio-experience engineer, Mr. Q, reveals how he assisted in developing a complex algorithm to arrange over 15,000 speakers around the Disney World theme park. All to achieve the ideal ambient music for “manufacturing emotion”. More »
Disney World is essentially one big toy model, so in many cases, its miniaturisation through the magic of tilt-shift photography ironically looks more natural than actually being there. As a pile of trinkets, Disney World actually seems pretty normal. [TechEBlog]
Disney technicians are hard at work on an incredibly-lifelike robotic version of President Obama. Dick Cheney is reportedly working on a virus to cause the robot to fail.
What’s even better than a Wall-E robot toy made by WowWee? A Wall-E robot toy made by the animatronic people at Disney. This Wall-E robot is supposed to roam around Disneyland/Disney World entertaining patrons, but got spotted on the streets of LA panhandling and glad-handing for cash. You know who else can say their name? Timmy from South Park. Wall-E! [Slashfilm]
Call it juvenile, but a good Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) cracks me up every time. And when it’s presented with so much pride by an unsuspecting Mrs. Potato Head…all the better. Snapped at Disney World, one reader couldn’t resist sharing the experience.
