A reader writes, "Disney's Imagineers realize that the eyes convey emotions and a two-foot eye prototype showcases the newest concept for animatronic models."
Hands, Eyes Convey Emotions For Disney's Audio-Animatronics Technology
Imagineers realize that the eyes convey emotions and a two-foot eye prototype showcases our newest concept. It's a new type of mechanism that uses electromagnets to create realistic eye motions. There is only a single moving part -- the eye itself -- and no wear points. That means faster, more realistic movement and longer life.As Disney Parks continues to experiment and innovate, as with our newest Autonomatronics technology, we'll certainly be talking about it on this blog. Stay tuned.
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"Slaves of Mickey Eye" anyone?
Holy crap, it's Mickey Eye!
[sings]
When you live, when you die, here comes Mickey Eye!
Where's Seaguy when you need him?
Anyone else remember the giant eye at the end of Monsanto's "Adventure Through Inner Space" ride, back in the 1970's in Tomorrowland? This looks like it would work for a "Next-Generation" version...
sure would be nice if disney could get it together to imagineer up something other than a bunch of money.
Some emotion is conveyed by the eye itself; the size of the pupil and such. But mostly, emotion is expressed by that which surrounds the eyes: the eyelids and the brows.
Ahah, It's really Mickey Eye!!
DA FUG?!?
I think Disney's "Imagineers" imagined how cool this looked when they saw it in "Duck Dodgers in the 24 1/2 Century."
Clearly, this is a reference to the all seeing eye of lucifer.
Ring it in flame and hoist it to the highest tower of Cinderella's castle, you can claim it's the noncorporeal manifestation of Lord Disney.
"Who are you? What is that? Oh what's that? What's that? What is THAT? Ooh, that thing has numbers on it! Hey look at THAT thing! No, that other thing. Ewww, what's wrong with your legs? Where are we going? Are you coming back? Oh hey, you're the lady from the test! Hi! What's that noise? Is that a gun? Where are we going? Oh, what's in here?"
At long last someone recovered the stolen Resident's eyeball!
That was a huge eyes. That may see a thousand miles of Disney world. LOL
Thanks for sharing the information. :)