Originally Posted By Britain Actually, I think this idea was way ahead of its time in El Rio de Tempo, but people couldn't really see the potential until SpiderMan. I prefer real audio animatronics too, but in certain ways in certain environments, they could all blend together well. So, do we know anything about Nemo? I mean, if it's 3D projection, will we need to use glasses, or will they stick polarized film on the portholes (split down the middle of course).
Originally Posted By gadzuux I've been trying to imagine what they could do, especially since the test was in a plexiglass box next to a stationary sub. I wondered if they could have some kind of web of monofilament (something like fishing line or a tennis racket) suspended outside each porthole - like a transparent "screen", and then a projector below the porthole that would project images onto it. This way each porthole could see the characters performing in front of the guest, and the underwater sets behind would also have some kind of movement that would approximately synchronize with the location of the sub and what's going on in that moment of the show. Since everyone would be seeing the same projected image at the same time, the "show lag" that the sub was infamous for (some people seeing showscenes before or after the soundtrack within the sub) wouldn't be a problem. And the actual underwater sets would be much further away from the individual portholes, so that they were visible to everyone on that side of the sub at about the same time. I have no idea what they're actually doing with 'nemo', and I'd love to find out just what the new technology is, but just in wondering what it "MIGHT" be I've thought of this scenario and can't see why it wouldn't work.
Originally Posted By John_CM We loved "El Rio Del Tiempo" when I went to WDW in January. Well, we didn't "love" it ... Maybe "creeped out by it" is better.
Originally Posted By disneyfreaksk Oh, and they did prove with "Napolean Dynamite" that cheap productions are possible with phenomenal outcomes! Don't discount talent Matt!
Originally Posted By JBStew He wasn't discounting it at all, but he said it was the exception rather than the rule.
Originally Posted By ArchtMig I bet the Nemo effects are similar to the 3 little Chevron car window displays in the queue of Autopia, when you walk around inside the tower structure. Those are good examples of 2d projections married to 3 dimensional sets.
