News Space 220 Restaurant dining experience at Epcot's Future World

[ABQ]

I personally think it will be nice. And expensive. And the most ironic location in the park.

Ironic? How do you mean?

 

[marni1971]

Ironic? How do you mean?

Get your food and loose your food in the same pavilion.

 

[ABQ]

Get your food and loose your food in the same pavilion.

The plot of land is cursed by the ghost of Horizons, anything they build there causes people to regurgitate.

 

[trainplane3]

Get your food and loose your food in the same pavilion.

Heck, you can do the same experience now.
- Go to the M:S store
- Buy and eat a couple packs of overpriced freeze-dried space food
- Ride M:S
???
- Profit! *bonus points for not using the "space sickness" bags

 

[Smooth]

What happens if the gravity system breaks down?

 

[Unplugged]

What happens if the gravity system breaks down?

Ever seen the movie Moonraker when the space station loses gravity? Now add expensive food & drinks and a bunch of tired cranky kids all floating around you. (Don't take this negatively as I'm looking forward to the location.)

 

[Clamman73]

I personally think it will be nice. And expensive. And the most ironic location in the park.

But you picked Space as the destination in your Horizons video...this was your choice.

 

[MickeyMinnieMom]

I personally think it will be nice. And expensive. And the most ironic location in the park.

Expensive as in it will have a higher-end menu (e.g. Tiffins), or expensive like "I can't believe I had to pay that much for a burger"?

 

[ChrisFL]

And do we know the space restaurant will have projectors inside the dining room?

yes, on each table

 

[monothingie]

Expensive as in it will have a higher-end menu (e.g. Tiffins), or expensive like "I can't believe I had to pay that much for a burger"?

Since everything is “expensive” already, it should be more appropriately termed “more expensive” or the comparable category of “shut up and take my money”

 

[Horizons78]

Expensive as in it will have a higher-end menu (e.g. Tiffins), or expensive like "I can't believe I had to pay that much for a burger"?

Well, SpaceX has on orbit launch prices down to around 1800 dollars per pound.

So that quarter pound burger should come in right about $540 with a 20% tip.

 

[larryz]

yes, on each table

Did you mean to say "projectiles" at each table? ...is this a comment about food quality?

 

[PaulusUK]

So has there been mention of what food will be served? I've read it's the Patina Restaurant Group that's operating the restaurant. Not sure what they have in mind...

 

[MisterPenguin]

So has there been mention of what food will be served? I've read it's the Patina Restaurant Group that's operating the restaurant. Not sure what they have in mind...

Yes to Patina. No to type of food.

Maybe... SPAAACE MEEAATT!!!

 

[ChrisFL]

Did you mean to say "projectiles" at each table? ...is this a comment about food quality?

Ever have a zero-G food fight? that's gonna be the next up-charge event

 

[DisneyCane]

Not to mention that if your image is mostly black, you don't want to invest in a million LEDs if the vast majority of them will be off.

If your image is mostly black you have to use very high end laser projectors (IMAX or Dolby Cinema) or your image will be mostly dark gray, not black.

 

[PREMiERdrum]

Ever have a zero-G food fight? that's gonna be the next up-chuck event

FTFY.

 

[Rteetz]

From Bioreconstruct

 

[Soluna16]

Man they are moving quick on this thing.

 

[Nubs70]

I doubt there will be any magnification as that could ruin the effect with many technical issues introduced. Also in reference to 180's thought, the direction of projection can change the throw. Reason is obvious if you look at the projection method used for advanced flight simulators. In those systems, to achieve a longer throw, projection is done to mirrors before ultimately landing on a continuous curved surface screen. I'm not saying mirrors are required in the restaurant, as that looks to be a reasonable throw adjustable with lenses (best guess from photos obviously). Mirrors are used to reduce the physical distance between the projector and the screen while increasing the throw distance.

In order to achieve the full effect, large glass windows should be in place with the screen to the outside (away) from the glass. This ensure safety of separation for guests, provides reflectivity of the restaurant space making you "feel contained", and as @marni1971 indicated with the room size, a BOAT load of high intensity liquid cooled commercial grade DLP projectors. Most likely 4k and similar to those used for the projection mapping of the castle & such.

Any projection inside the dining room would be for effects within the dining room, so it's possible. I did a gig at Bloomberg in NY a while back and they had all sorts of video internally, including projections of news & stock data onto glass walls with hidden projectors. So I'd say anything is fair game if it creates the illusion of space living within budget. It's safe to say audio will also be a key player with the low frequency hum in the background, and all sorts of visual related queues.

Projection should be no issue. If anyone had the opportunity to see Roger Waters Us and Them, the starfield projection was highly detailed and immersive. This is projected across an arena.