DINOSAUR - Strange Testing

[999th Happy Haunt]

Disney wants to know which parts of the ride crack your ribs and which parts pop your spine. They've got experiments to run, there is research to be done on the people who are still alive.

Wow we need a Portal attraction

 

[GlacierGlacier]

Wow we need a Portal attraction

This is when I pitch my idea for the Stitch replacement, with a glados hanging from the ceiling in the center...

 

[larryz]

This is when I pitch my idea for the Stitch replacement, with a glados hanging from the ceiling in the center...

Sure. Call it Stitch's Portal Adventure.

 

[trainplane3]

This is when I pitch my idea for the Stitch replacement, with a glados hanging from the ceiling in the center...

Disney: We love it!
Valve: Great! Here's a card game to promote instead!
Disney: Wha-

*In reference to Valve making Artifact and not games/things people want*

 

[Janir]

Couldn't the same thing be accomplished with proximity sensors installed in front of each seat? Either that or fixed mount IR/Lidar throughout the ride so that all ride vehicles can always be seen by one of the cameras?

No, the seat sensor just says, someone left this seat. The LIDAR is scanning the immediate area and can map out everything around it and what's moving and where.

 

[tissandtully]

This is when I pitch my idea for the Stitch replacement, with a glados hanging from the ceiling in the center...

Yeah, it was already halfway there, the little laser gun things looked exactly like something from GladOS

 

[tissandtully]

It is a lidar camera. It is part of a proof of concept to monitor riders in case of a ride stop. Today if the ride stops CMs have to go to each car to account for every rider. This can take over an hour. New system would allow restart in minutes. There are POCs running on other rides also (Splash, and Prirates). My company is participating in the POC.

Thank you! Also, why LIDAR? Is it using depth information and making 3d scans of the riders?

 

[DisneyCane]

No, the seat sensor just says, someone left this seat. The LIDAR is scanning the immediate area and can map out everything around it and what's moving and where.

Does this scenario happen that often that it is worth the investment in having a LIDAR system on every ride vehicle?

 

[Hugh Jazz]

Thank you! Also, why LIDAR? Is it using depth information and making 3d scans of the riders?

Making wireframes at this point of the POC. to see if arms, legs, etc are inside the vehicle.

Does this scenario happen that often that it is worth the investment in having a LIDAR system on every ride vehicle?

I have been told that any delay in restarting a ride is worth quite a bit to Disney. These cameras are a new generation and are less expensive. They are looking at a multi ride, worldwide solution.

 

[GlacierGlacier]

Making wireframes at this point of the POC. to see if arms, legs, etc are inside the vehicle.



I have been told that any delay in restarting a ride is worth quite a bit to Disney. These cameras are a new generation and are less expensive. They are looking at a multi ride, worldwide solution.

Would every attraction require a similar mount? Or is this simply for testing?

That high vantage point is great for sensing and all, but it would definitely not look good on other attractions. It kinda works with dinosaur, thanks to the Sci-Fi aesthetic of the time Rover, but I can't imagine something like that being strapped onto some other bus-bar attractions.

Not to mention the requirement of power & computation is probably a bit restricting. No boat rides, no coasters - unless some other style was planned for those.

 

[peter11435]

Would every attraction require a similar mount? Or is this simply for testing?

That high vantage point is great for sensing and all, but it would definitely not look good on other attractions. It kinda works with dinosaur, thanks to the Sci-Fi aesthetic of the time Rover, but I can't imagine something like that being strapped onto some other bus-bar attractions.

Not to mention the requirement of power & computation is probably a bit restricting. No boat rides, no coasters - unless some other style was planned for those.

This test is a proof of concept. Any permanent implementation would take on a very different and presumably far less intrusive form. Many attractions already feature various forms of technology to identify guests out of vehicle. In most cases these are integrated into the ride vehicles or facilities making them nearly invisible to the average guest.

 

[AEfx]

It is a lidar camera. It is part of a proof of concept to monitor riders in case of a ride stop. Today if the ride stops CMs have to go to each car to account for every rider. This can take over an hour. New system would allow restart in minutes. There are POCs running on other rides also (Splash, and Prirates). My company is participating in the POC.

I wish we had a feature to somehow vote posts like this to the top of the thread, right under the OP. Would have saved me ten minutes of reading through to find the answer. I knew someone would know...LOL.

 

[GlacierGlacier]

I wish we had a feature to somehow vote posts like this to the top of the thread, right under the OP. Would have saved me ten minutes of reading through to find the answer. I knew someone would know...LOL.

I'll quote it and edit the main post.

 

[Thelazer]

I could think of a few ways of adding ultra sonic senses in each seat, along with a few other ones.. that would do the same job and not require a lidar mount.

 

[GlacierGlacier]

I could think of a few ways of adding ultra sonic senses in each seat, along with a few other ones.. that would do the same job and not require a lidar mount.

Then start a small engineering firm and attempt to sell that idea to other ride engineering vendors.

 

[peter11435]

I could think of a few ways of adding ultra sonic senses in each seat, along with a few other ones.. that would do the same job and not require a lidar mount.

There are numerous methods of detection already used across the property. Many attractions already feature multiple technologies used for this purpose including seat sensors. All have their pros and cons.

 

[twilight mitsuk]

And pressure mats

 

[peter11435]

And pressure mats

Pressure mats, cameras, infrared cameras, motion detection cameras, thermal cameras, seat sensors, alarmed gates and doors, monitored seat belts, infrared beams, and more.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Pressure mats, cameras, infrared cameras, motion detection cameras, thermal cameras, seat sensors, alarmed gates and doors, monitored seat belts, infrared beams, and more.

The biggest thrill of a Disney ride is how much electromagnetic radiation one can endure!

 

[larryz]

The biggest thrill of a Disney ride is how much electromagnetic radiation one can endure!

And we're also lucky we don't get cooked by the infrared and tanned by the ultraviolet...