As fancy as they sound, they’re not the name of another Disney
movie! Disney is planning to take its technology to an entirely new level,
because stationary pixels are just so old school! Disney plans on giving life
to its pixels, and no we’re not talking about black magic either. So what is Disney
doing? Let’s take a look…
Pixels with personality
Disney came up with display swarms called Pixelbots in an
attempt to re-enact the story of the universe. These are two wheeled robots
that can make robotic images on table tops or whiteboards (using magnetic
wheels). You can see the Pixelbots move into position to create drawings by
merely sketching on an iPad, its like having poppets (yes, the ones in
witchcraft!). These ‘Pixels with personality’ provide a whole new way of
looking at cartoons and animations.
These Pixelbots can be controlled in the following ways:
Lets fly away!
This is a table turner! Disney is bringing to life the scene
from one of it’s animated movies, ‘Tangled’, where thousands of lanterns float
in the night sky
How? Well here’s the answer..
Disney is embracing high-tech displays, to expand the entertainment it offers at its theme parks worldwide, with the help of flying drones. It filed new patents to expand this concept by having flying helicopter drones support floating puppets and projection screens in mid-air. Each drone will carry a miniature lighting system that is controlled remotely; when a multitude of these drones are synchronised in the air to fly together, will form an aerial light display consisting of “floating pixels”. For example:
Disney is embracing high-tech displays, to expand the entertainment it offers at its theme parks worldwide, with the help of flying drones. It filed new patents to expand this concept by having flying helicopter drones support floating puppets and projection screens in mid-air. Each drone will carry a miniature lighting system that is controlled remotely; when a multitude of these drones are synchronised in the air to fly together, will form an aerial light display consisting of “floating pixels”. For example:
1.
Can be used to imitate fireworks instead of
using actual fireworks,
2.
Display
cartoons in the night sky without any screens, etc.
General applications:
Its not only Disney that can make use of these flixels, the
entertainment industry can make use of these too:
- Ariel displays: an amusement park may have a lagoon or other open space over which it is desired to present a display to entertain visitors
- Massively large aerial displays may be presented at sport stadiums or other venues to celebrate holidays such as New Year's Day throughout the world and Diwali throughout India (Also reducing pollution to a great extent).
- Flying TVs: who knows, these might lead to the invention of flying TVs! Increasing portability of modern systems and reducing the numbers at home. But it’s a long way into developing that kind of technology, reducing costs and weight of flying bots with the equipment needed for TV displays.
All we can do is wait and watch till Disney incorporates
these fascinating changes into its theme parks, thanks to technology!
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