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Characters That Remember You: Two Disney Patents Describe AI Characters With Memory and a Bond Score
A Tornado Made of Fabric: Patent Shows How the New Indiana Jones Effect Could Work
AI in the Animal Park: Patent Describes Automatic Alerts When Animals Become Active
Disney Wants to Listen to Its Rides: AI Would Detect Faults by Sound Before Anything Breaks
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Characters That Remember You: Two Disney Patents Describe AI Characters With Memory and a Bond Score
One patent was granted in August, a second filed in June. Both centre on a character storing memories and responding to a guest's own.
Read moreA Tornado Made of Fabric: Patent Shows How the New Indiana Jones Effect Could Work
Two Imagineers working on the project have filed a method for a retractable projection body. And Harrison Ford modelled for the animatronic.
Read moreAI in the Animal Park: Patent Describes Automatic Alerts When Animals Become Active
Cameras and image recognition would track animal behaviour and send alerts to guests and keepers alike – including over safari vehicle speakers.
Read moreDisney Wants to Listen to Its Rides: AI Would Detect Faults by Sound Before Anything Breaks
A patent published on September 24 describes a system that listens to machinery noise and flags deviations. The goal is less unplanned downtime.
Read moreNew We Call It Imagineering Episode Tours Disney's Active Construction Sites
The latest We Call It Imagineering episode is effectively a construction tour. Architecture is the theme, and the stops include Monstropolis facade work, the Tropical Americas sample yard, balloon testing at Piston Peak National Park and Disney's Lakeshore Lodge.
Read moreJoe Rohde on the end of "Beastly Kingdom": why Pandora was the better idea
Unicorns instead of Na'vi? It very nearly happened! Disney Legend Joe Rohde has revealed why the legendary "Beastly Kingdom" never came to be – and why Pandora turned out to be the better fit after all. Here's the full story!
Read moreDisney Granted Patent for Real-Time Projection Onto Smoke and Firework Residue
Disney has been granted a patent covering real-time projection onto surfaces that never hold still — smoke, fog, low-lying cloud and even firework residue. The patent drawings show Chernabog and Madame Leota appearing in the haze.
Read moreCharacters That Remember You: Two Disney Patents Describe AI Characters With Memory and a Bond Score
A Tornado Made of Fabric: Patent Shows How the New Indiana Jones Effect Could Work
AI in the Animal Park: Patent Describes Automatic Alerts When Animals Become Active
Disney Wants to Listen to Its Rides: AI Would Detect Faults by Sound Before Anything Breaks
New We Call It Imagineering Episode Tours Disney's Active Construction Sites
Joe Rohde on the end of "Beastly Kingdom": why Pandora was the better idea
Disney Granted Patent for Real-Time Projection Onto Smoke and Firework Residue