Could Disney get any cooler? Walt Disney was a true visionary, and the imagineers at Disney are keeping his spirit alive. Imagine -when the monorail passes Spaceship Earth, the Epcot structure could be transformed into the Death Star from Star Wars with X-wing fighters flying around it.
Long-rumored new monorails at Walt Disney World might be even cooler and higher-tech than anyone realized. Disney’s obsession with projection mapping and augmented reality might see some real-world application on the new monorails The technology piggybacks on recent patents by Disney, including a fascinating one that uses projection mapping within hotel rooms.
The system would be used within the rumored self-driving cars that are expected to begin being used at Walt Disney World within the next few months.
This window upgrade rumor comes just weeks after retired Disney Imagineer and Disney Legend Bob Gurr said he was confident that Disney was in talks to update the aging monorail, pointing out that the system was well past its intended lifespan, and mocked the current monorail fleet by calling it a “duct tape monorail.”
If rumors are correct, the new trains should be announced within the next two years, with the first of the fleet operational by the WDW 50th Anniversary in 2021. This makes us ponder ALL the applications Augmented Reality could have within physical spaces… Disney is on the cutting edge and it’s just a matter of time before we see AR in our daily lives. Where would you love to see AR as a real-world application?
Source: Disney’s new monorails might include augmented reality windows. Image courtesy Walt Disney World Resort
