Here are a couple videos that should make everyone, especially conspiracy theorists, really excited about the future.
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Video: The Future of Acting And…Media Manipulation?
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Strange Days In Science #10: Augmented Reality & Blue Skies On Pluto
Is it weekly? Is it bi-monthly? There doesn’t seem to be any rhyme or reason to Strange Days In Science. Don’t worry, though: I’ve got some weird and amazing science news for you this week. Check it out…
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Hitchhiking Ghosts: 5 Tales From People Who Were Followed Home
All Hallows’ Eve approaches. In the spirit of the season, I dived into Reddit’s r/paranormal in search of some of the more curious tales about hitchhiking ghosts – those entities that became, shall we say, a little too attached to their unwitting investigators. Have a look for yourself, but be careful – you may attract …
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Artists Can Now “Step Into” Their Drawings With Virtual Reality
Here’s a very cool video featuring Disney animator Glen Keane. Keane is best known for his work on character animation for the films The Little Mermaid (he designed and animated Ariel), Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, and others. In the video, he shows off an interesting new virtual reality tool that allows him to “step …
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Escape from Tomorrow: What Did I Just Watch?
So, I just finished Escape from Tomorrow, an independent black-and-white dark comedy directed by Randy Moore. Not just any old film, this was shot on location at Walt Disney World and Disneyland, guerrilla style, unbeknownst to Disney employees.
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George, the Ghost of Walt Disney World’s Pirates of the Caribbean
I’ve only been on the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disney’s Magic Kingdom maybe one or three hundred times, but I don’t remember seeing any ghosts. Pirate skeletons, sure, but ghosts? Not so much. But just because I’ve never seen him, doesn’t mean George isn’t there.
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Escape from Tomorrow
Escape from Tomorrow is an independent film by writer-director Randy Moore that was shot surreptitiously at both Walt Disney World and Disneyland. But unlike the lighthearted and cheerful stories you’d expect from a movie set at the Happiest Place on Earth, this one tells of one man’s descent into madness. You can view the trailer …
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Disney Creates Robot that Grabs All Your Bags
Oh, weird-faced Disney robot. We’ve already seen you play catch, with your weird flattop metal hairdo, and that ominous grin (do you have teeth?!). But now — now! — we see your true purpose. To grab our handbags. Very slowly. Or, well, to raise your hand up and wait for the bag to be placed …
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New Disney Robot Plays Catch, Juggles
Make no mistake: The Walt Disney Company may have begun as a simple animation studio, but these days it’s at the forefront of a variety of innovative technologies. Namely, Autonomatronics. They’ve already developed some shockingly realistic skin for their robots, and now they’re taking humanoid robot development one step forward by making their animatronics far …
Disney Could Clone Your Face And Put It On A Robot (If They Wanted To)
Theme park animatronics aren’t new. I mean, I’ve been watching dirty animatronic pirate feet dangle over my head in Pirates of the Carribbean since the 1980s. But the technology has vastly improved since then, and apparently it’s only going to get more…frighteningly realistic. For example, the above video demonstrates Disney’s recent developments in the creation …
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Top 6 Disneyland Ghost Videos
It may be the happiest place on Earth, but Disneyland isn’t immune to the occasional ghost sighting. Are the specters in these videos actually ghosts? Or is it your imagination?