The Federal Aviation Administration last week granted Disney a waiver so it can show off its amazing drone skills in the Orlando and Anaheim parks.
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Inside Disney’s Tech Partnerships
What could connect a German technology conglomerate with a media giant renowned for its colourful characters? Quite a lot actually. Sponsorship of theme park attractions sounds like a new concept as the marketing landscape is dominated by sports. However, in fact, it is as old as the industry itself.
Disney’s new hopping robot is just super excited to meet you
Disney’s research lab publishes a lot of fascinating work, but it’s not always obvious what their end-goal is. In this case, though, we can safely say: Disney is building a Tigger.
New FitBit-style MagicBand design change is in development
A new style of MagicBand similar to the popular FitBit step tracker is officially in development…
Disney and Google Built an Augmented Reality Website For Pete’s Dragon Movie
Disney really wants families to watch its upcoming Pete’s Dragon remake and is turning to both virtual reality and augmented reality to help promote it.
NEW ANIMATED MAGIC SHOT AT BUZZ LIGHTYEAR’S SPACE RANGER SPIN AT WALT DISNEY WORLD RESORT
Now, when guests join Star Command at Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin at Magic Kingdom® Park, they’ll not only have the opportunity to purchase their attraction photo from Disney PhotoPass Service, but they’ll also be able to view an Animated Magic Shot featuring Buzz Lightyear. Take a look!
While all Space Rangers can view this new Animated Magic Shot in their account in the My Disney Experince mobile app, or at MyDisneyPhotoPass.com, an active Memory Maker entitlement is required to download or share it.
Disney taps SoundHound’s virtual assistant to help guests navigate its theme parks
SoundHound Inc. has been tapped by the Walt Disney Company to use its Hound’s iOS and Android virtual assistant to help theme park guests. With this pilot program, you’ll be able to navigate your way through Disneyland or Disney World by using your voice and saying “OK Hound.”
Disney is coming out with its own emoji keyboard — here’s the first look
New emojis are being released all the time, whether they’re a part of Unicode’s massive collection or through celebrities like Kim Kardashian.
And now, Disney is getting in on the action with a new collection of hundreds of Disney and Pixar emojis.
Disney to join effort to get kids into the coding game
Do you want to code a snowman? How about a droid? The non-profit group Code.org on Tuesday said that it will team up with Disney and Lucasfilm to create Frozen- and Star Wars-themed computer science courses for children….
Walt Disney Co Sets Its Sights on Lightning-Fast 3D Printing
A Walt Disney patent application for 3D printing technology that’s reportedly up to 100 times or more faster than leading commercialized technologies was published in late April. This doesn’t mean the entertainment titan will develop and commercialize a 3D printer to compete with industry leaders 3D Systems and Stratasys.
