How did the system work to let people choose their own ending? That part confuses me, and it was closed before I even went to EPCOT for my first time, so can anyone explain?
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A question about Horizons...
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Figment632
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glee
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Never rode it ether but sounds awesome!!! Sounds a tiny bit like ET ride at universal when it says "Be good...Enter name here!"
Figment632
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Never rode it ether but sounds awesome!!! Sounds a tiny bit like ET ride at universal when it says "Be good...Enter name here!"
Not really while riding in the care you were ask to choose a destination either Mesa Verde, Brava Centari, or Sea Castle. Everyone in the vehicle voted and the majority ruled.
glee
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Figment632
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Thanks figment, I can see it here, but how did the ride system work? Did each omnimover follow a different track? Thats what confuses me...
EDIT: Oh, I see. different screens I guess?
EDIT: Oh, I see. different screens I guess?
Figment632
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Yea also Horizons wasn't reall an omnimover either.
So from what I can gather, when you chose a scenario, it brought you to a screen on a different track...?
Figment632
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Slipknot
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The screen would show up across from you (like the Hitchhiking ghosts at HM) and play whatever ending you chose. Either way, there was only one track.
adv.bluedude
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Every car stayed on the same track throughout the ride. What you did was vote for what ending u wanted(Brava Centauri, Sea Castle or Mesa Verde). Then, the vehicles would continue to i think five different omnimax screens where the movie would follow u on the screens.
mcjaco
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Best way to see it, is look it up on youtube.
In short, the front panel of the omnimover, would light up with the three choices or Sea, Desert or Space (they didn't use their actual names as stated earlier). Each person would select what ending they wanted, and the one with the most votes was shown (each car typically held four to five people).
Once the choice was made, two fold out panels popped out on the side of the omnimover to shield your choosen ending from the cars next to you. The ride then moved along with a projection screen that played your selected movie, all the while subwoofers rumbled your seat. Once the movie was over, the panels folded back, and you moved on to the end of the ride.
In short, the front panel of the omnimover, would light up with the three choices or Sea, Desert or Space (they didn't use their actual names as stated earlier). Each person would select what ending they wanted, and the one with the most votes was shown (each car typically held four to five people).
Once the choice was made, two fold out panels popped out on the side of the omnimover to shield your choosen ending from the cars next to you. The ride then moved along with a projection screen that played your selected movie, all the while subwoofers rumbled your seat. Once the movie was over, the panels folded back, and you moved on to the end of the ride.
For 1980 it was cutting edge; going on from what mcjaco said, there were 7 GE Talaria RGB video projectors fixed in place behind a Lexan rear projection screen that ran the length of the finale area. Once a guest had selected their choice, the show control computer began projecting the correct video facing the correct car. The projected video moved along at the same speed as the car, passing seemlesly from one projector to the other. Each film was 31 seconds long and each one pitched and banked at the same time since each car could tip back by 10 degrees on the track to simulate movement.
Rob562
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Originally, I thought that the projectors were on some kind of a turntable that turned to match each car, so you were always seeing the feed from a single projector.
Then I found out a few years ago (through Martin here on WDWMagic, I believe) that it wasn't the projectors moving but rather the video system moving the video feed for each car from one projector to the next to follow the car.
That utterly blew me away, because while it'd be quite easy to do with today's technology (envision a computer's dual-monitor setup, but make it seven monitors), to have done it 30 years ago....wow.
The only seams you would sometimes see were at the point where the projection field of one projector met the next one. Sometimes they'd be a little out of focus and overlap, or if the lamp in one projector was newer than the adjacent one you'd see one be noticably brighter.
The patent for this technology originally speculated that the technology could be used for video advertising in subway tunnels. You'd have fixed projectors on the ceiling of the tunnel, pointing at the walls of the tunnel with the field edges matched up. When a train came through, the system would send the video signal moving down the tunnel from one projector to the next to match the speed of the train so that the video image would hover outside the train's window.
-Rob
LorangeJuice
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Do you know the patent title/number? I would love to read it! :wave:
mcjaco
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PeoplemoverTTA
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Does it make me a geek that as soon as I read that line I heard in my head:
Press one of the three ride choices: Space, Desert, or Under Sea. Everyone can choose, majority rules. All passengers, make your selections now.
*goes to watch Martin's tribute"
