Gamerhubtv - At the Walt Disney World Monstrous Summer event, Walt Disney Imagineer Mark Kohl talked about the technology behind the new Fantasyland coaster, Seven Dwarfs Mine Train, in this exclusive interview.
NY Times: When Apple wanted to revolutionize cellphones, it held hands with AT&T. The partners fought endlessly, but the public loved the finished product: the iPhone.
Now, as Apple tries to reimagine television, it is taking the partnership route again, collaborating with distributors like Time Warner Cable and programmers like the Walt Disney Company on apps that might eliminate the unpleasant parts of TV watching, like bothersome set-top boxes or clunky remote controls.
Nothing surprising here. Apple could never succeed with their products without heavily cooperating with industry leaders in the market they're trying to win.
Forbes - Since acquiring Marvel for $4 billion in 2009, Disney hasn’t done a lot in the interactive space – outside of the free Facebook game, Marvel Avengers Alliance. But that’s about to change. And of all places, the convergence of Disney, comics and interactivity will occur on a cruise ship. The Disney Magic, which is being retro-fitted this fall, will set sail in October 2013 with the first interactive attraction featuring Marvel characters designed by Walt Disney Imagineers.
GamerHub.TV: At the Disney Monstrous Summer event, Animal Kingdom guide Laura Beers talked about how technology brought real animal interactivity to life in the Wild Africa Trek in this exclusive interview.
How WDI is using tech for new rides is really interesting.
I miss Disney World!! Disneyland is nothing in comparison...
Man Ive never been to the Florida one...
Wow that looks really cool.