Tom Morrow
07-09-2007, 12:16 PM
New Games added to WDW's Soarin' queue
Soarin' lines to see games (http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/orl-tourism0907jul09,0,4515106.story)
Orlando Sentinel - FL
Walt Disney World's Epcot theme park has unveiled its new, interactive video games for visitors waiting in line to ride Soarin'. The games opened last week, offering a test of emerging entertainment technology produced by Walt Disney Imagineering. Using motion-detection equipment, heat sensors and computer-generated videos shown on huge screens, the games allow groups of strangers to play games together while waiting in line.
In a demonstration Thursday, one crowd was so caught up in trying to lead an animated bird through a computer-animated forest that many of the people did not notice for several minutes that a large gap had opened in the line in front of them.
The bird, and the characters in other games, are computer-directed based on which direction people lean, and many people were yelling, in unison, "lean left!" and "lean right!" while trying to lead the bird through the forest.
complete article (http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/orl-tourism0907jul09,0,4515106.story)
Soarin' queue games a hit (http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/business_tourism_aviation/2007/07/soarin-queue-ga.html)
Orlando Sentinel Tourism Blog- FL
I got a chance late last week to try out one of the Soarin' queue games — the bird game — and was impressed by how much fun people were having while waiting in line for the ride. The games are like a group Nintendo Wii event, and they're hard to describe. Now Walt Disney World is providing a video to let people see for themselves what the games are like.
complete article and VIDEO (http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/business_tourism_aviation/2007/07/soarin-queue-ga.html)
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Soarin' lines to see games (http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/orl-tourism0907jul09,0,4515106.story)
Orlando Sentinel - FL
Walt Disney World's Epcot theme park has unveiled its new, interactive video games for visitors waiting in line to ride Soarin'. The games opened last week, offering a test of emerging entertainment technology produced by Walt Disney Imagineering. Using motion-detection equipment, heat sensors and computer-generated videos shown on huge screens, the games allow groups of strangers to play games together while waiting in line.
In a demonstration Thursday, one crowd was so caught up in trying to lead an animated bird through a computer-animated forest that many of the people did not notice for several minutes that a large gap had opened in the line in front of them.
The bird, and the characters in other games, are computer-directed based on which direction people lean, and many people were yelling, in unison, "lean left!" and "lean right!" while trying to lead the bird through the forest.
complete article (http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/orl-tourism0907jul09,0,4515106.story)
Soarin' queue games a hit (http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/business_tourism_aviation/2007/07/soarin-queue-ga.html)
Orlando Sentinel Tourism Blog- FL
I got a chance late last week to try out one of the Soarin' queue games — the bird game — and was impressed by how much fun people were having while waiting in line for the ride. The games are like a group Nintendo Wii event, and they're hard to describe. Now Walt Disney World is providing a video to let people see for themselves what the games are like.
complete article and VIDEO (http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/business_tourism_aviation/2007/07/soarin-queue-ga.html)
Sent from Ezra (http://www.visionsfantastic.com/forum/z/Ezra/)