AVATAR land - the specifics

[Sped2424]

unless they are Gel based touchpads. aka theres black light in the borders of the pathways and once the "darker" gel gets pressed, it hits the light rays.. thus illuminating the area.

Nope they are very much glowing with technology in them. They even memorize your footprint

 

[Cesar R M]

Nope they are very much glowing with technology in them. They even memorize your footprint

Gel sorta does memorize your footprint for a bit. just saying.
Not that its going to be footprints but shoes and sandals most of the time anyway

 

[No Name]

SO on jim hills podcast he said he has a friend who did a walk through of Pandora. Basically said the friend doesnt like avatar but said they would go today because its the best work disney has ever done

A walkthough of Pandora? It isn't nearly finished yet, what the heck was he walking through? If it was a simulation, well, that isn't even comparable to actually experiencing the finished product.

Bob Iger told us he rode Flight of Passage, so I don't know what's going on. Maybe there's a secret one already built...

 

[danlb_2000]

A walkthough of Pandora? It isn't nearly finished yet, what the heck was he walking through? If it was a simulation, well, that isn't even comparable to actually experiencing the finished product.

Bob Iger told us he rode Flight of Passage, so I don't know what's going on. Maybe there's a secret one already built...

I think enough of the land has been built that you would get a pretty good sense of what it will be like walking through it.

 

[jt04]

A walkthough of Pandora? It isn't nearly finished yet, what the heck was he walking through? If it was a simulation, well, that isn't even comparable to actually experiencing the finished product.

Bob Iger told us he rode Flight of Passage, so I don't know what's going on. Maybe there's a secret one already built...

Since the Test Track fiasco I think these systems get tested earlier in the developmental process. Likely he rode it during testing not in Orlando.

 

[No Name]

Since the Test Track fiasco I think these systems get tested earlier in the developmental process. Likely he rode it during testing not in Orlando.

Again though, where is this testing? On a computer? Sure, he might've seen the video for flight of passage. Maybe he watched it in a rocking chair. Whatever he did, we know for a fact that he didn't ride the actual ride. And there's a huge difference between the ride and something else, even for something so screen-based.

I think enough of the land has been built that you would get a pretty good sense of what it will be like walking through it.

I don't know... there aren't even any plants yet. Any scenery, waterfalls, completed rides. It's coming along, that's for sure, but it's still a lot of metal bars and dirt. You could get a good idea of the size and scope of the land, maybe, but I don't think much of the detail is there at all.

I certainly don't think there's enough there for the guy to declare it as the best thing they've ever built. It's not even built. I think it will be great, but it's just too early to say something like that. Just my opinion.

 

[twebber55]

Again though, where is this testing? On a computer? Sure, he might've seen the video for flight of passage. Maybe he watched it in a rocking chair. Whatever he did, we know for a fact that he didn't ride the actual ride. And there's a huge difference between the ride and something else, even for something so screen-based.



I don't know... there aren't even any plants yet. Any scenery, waterfalls, completed rides. It's coming along, that's for sure, but it's still a lot of metal bars and dirt. You could get a good idea of the size and scope of the land, maybe, but I don't think much of the detail is there at all.

I certainly don't think there's enough there for the guy to declare it as the best thing they've ever built. It's not even built. I think it will be great, but it's just too early to say something like that. Just my opinion.

for posterity it was a woman

 

[Sped2424]

Gel sorta does memorize your footprint for a bit. just saying.
Not that its going to be footprints but shoes and sandals most of the time anyway

Definitely not gel

 

[Cesar R M]

Again though, where is this testing? On a computer? Sure, he might've seen the video for flight of passage. Maybe he watched it in a rocking chair. Whatever he did, we know for a fact that he didn't ride the actual ride. And there's a huge difference between the ride and something else, even for something so screen-based.



I don't know... there aren't even any plants yet. Any scenery, waterfalls, completed rides. It's coming along, that's for sure, but it's still a lot of metal bars and dirt. You could get a good idea of the size and scope of the land, maybe, but I don't think much of the detail is there at all.

I certainly don't think there's enough there for the guy to declare it as the best thing they've ever built. It's not even built. I think it will be great, but it's just too early to say something like that. Just my opinion.

what if they tested the video in an already working mechanism, aka SOARIN' ?

The ride could be already finished inside and they just need to add the thematic thing.

 

[Cesar R M]

Definitely not gel

Still looks like Gel under a type of glass/acrylic base to me (ps, that video is old)

 

[Sped2424]

Still looks like Gel under a type of glass/acrylic base to me (ps, that video is old)

3:47 seconds in
Better? same effect and not gel or acrylic the glow is definitly happening through some kind of mapping tech in the glass notice how one foot catches it but not the other? Not a gel based resin my dude.

 

[danlb_2000]

Again though, where is this testing? On a computer? Sure, he might've seen the video for flight of passage. Maybe he watched it in a rocking chair. Whatever he did, we know for a fact that he didn't ride the actual ride. And there's a huge difference between the ride and something else, even for something so screen-based..

They could have setup a prototype of some sort at Imaginnering, or maybe Vekoma has something setup at their factory. We also saw this shot in a video released in later 2013 that clearly shows them experimenting with something for ride.

I don't know... there aren't even any plants yet. Any scenery, waterfalls, completed rides. It's coming along, that's for sure, but it's still a lot of metal bars and dirt. You could get a good idea of the size and scope of the land, maybe, but I don't think much of the detail is there at all.

I certainly don't think there's enough there for the guy to declare it as the best thing they've ever built. It's not even built. I think it will be great, but it's just too early to say something like that. Just my opinion.

There are parts of the rockwork that have had their finished details added already so I think there would be enough to judge the quality of the work.

 

[jt04]

They could have setup a prototype of some sort at Imaginnering, or maybe Vekoma has something setup at their factory. We also saw this shot in a video released in later 2013 that clearly shows them experimenting with something for ride.

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This exactly. The prototype system has likely already been built for testing purposes in California.

 

[Cesar R M]

3:47 seconds in
Better? same effect and not gel or acrylic the glow is definitly happening through some kind of mapping tech in the glass notice how one foot catches it but not the other? Not a gel based resin my dude.

Thats the video I had posted a few ago myself :>

 

[Sped2424]

Thats the video I had posted a few ago myself :>

lol Ok?

 

[Cesar R M]

lol Ok?

 

[jt04]

I think enough of the land has been built that you would get a pretty good sense of what it will be like walking through it.

The scale won't be obvious until people get 'lost' in it.

 

[KingOfEpicocity]

The scale won't be obvious until people get 'lost' in it.

You mean "immersed"?

 

[raymusiccity]

You mean "immersed"?

Well, they actually said 'encased' ! They weren't exactly the most eloquent ones in the room

 

[doctornick]

Not Pandora related, but I felt like it needed to be mentioned on this board since it kind of functions as a DAK expansion one... @MansionButler84 just sort of dropped this nonchalantly in a DHS thread:

I don't think anyone would be even remotely disappointed by this or what's in the works for DAK after AVATAR.