Project tomorrow video screens

mousermerf

mousermerf

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Here ya go :) I braved an extra bumpy trip on SSE and spent a good hour smiling at CM's (they were selecting people to try out some of the interactive areas - i didn't get selected, they seemed to want groups of 4) but I did get to see the new projections in action...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTekBNfR59A

Oo.. prettyfull..
 
mousermerf

mousermerf

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Do you suppose it's supposed to look like you're in some sort of Spaceship and those are stars going by, or is rather some ethereal pixie dust or just bits of unburned hydrochloride ions blowing through the air?
 
unkadug

unkadug

Follower of "Saget"The Cult
Nemo eggs ?
electrons?
hundreds of Tinkerbells?
Intergalactic disco?
projecttomorrow.jpg
 
jeffb

jeffb

Well-Known Member
The more I see of Project Tomorrow, the more I like. Yes, it definitely is reminiscent of Earth Station in a very good way. I can not wait to see this in person.
 
SJFPKT

SJFPKT

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Enigma said:
Whats Earthstation?

Also, were those video screens used on the walls when the postshow was At&T global village?
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Hah...sorry from someone who has been going to the EPCOT Center since it opened...I remember when you had to go down and talk to the lady on the screen to make your dinner reservations...sad part is I am only 29
 
R

rdour@techminds

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Yeah, I remember.

Yeah, I remember those reservation stations. I was a kid when they were around. I took a large amount of time just talking with the people in reservations just because it was soooo cool. Truthfully, I'm thinking it was simply a closed circuit setup. Anyone know if it was much more than this? H.323 video didn't come along until later, and it truly stinks at most bitrates and codecs. I haven't seen realtime video conferencing with that clarity of sound and video since, and I'm a major techie. of course, you can make your own realtime setup with closed captioned dedicated channels, and that is what I think they did. But I don't know the story. I'm just so sad that we don't get that experience anymore.

Remember in Austin Powers how great his video conference was in the 60's. Then, look at the 90's version. Isn't it true? We've taken a step back in quality and for some reason we take it. Example, cellular phonees sound like garbage. The GSM and G.729 codecs they use for the audio sound awful. You know, Verizon and Sprint have the bandwidth to give us all full human hearing range audio now, but they'll just continue to use the garbage because we don't demand better. This is hwy I miss the old Epcot. We don't have showcases like that anymore to show us the possibilities. Unless you are a super techie, you don't know any better. So sad, we could be living in a world where you hear the caller's true voice.

I worked in radio for years. I even had my own talk show on 1360 WLBK AM in Illinois. I had a few guests on from different podcasts. When I had on Father Rodrick as a great example of a non-traditional podcast producer, he used Skype. The first Skype based guest the station ever had. Management thought it sounded so good that now all remotes when possible are done with Skype. This is a sample of what is possible when people are finally pushed to success. Skype sounds better, simply because they wanted it to. Now if only standard VOIP and our phone buddies at AT&T and Verizon would take up the challenge right? Maybe someday we'll all enjoy quality equal to the reservations system at Earth Station.

Ryan
 
marni1971

marni1971

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There`s been some talk about these lately, and it looks like it`s the old GN screens, but hopefully in a more spacious Earthstation-like environment.

Yep, live WorldKey Information was a closed circuit 2 way tv system. The WorldKey digital information was spooled from Panasonic Laserdisc players in Computer Central - one player for each terminal; 10 terminals in Earthstation, 2 in Futurecom, 2 in the AT&T Lounge above, and 3 Satellites outside of Germany, Canada and on the Showcase link bridge - each satellite having 5 screens. Showcasing another 1982 innovention, each player was linked to it`s terminal via fibre optic cable. The main problem with this system was adding to the info; 29 new discs needed to be made each time. Indeed, when Life opened the Futureworld touchscreen map had `Wonders of Life` in wonderful superimposed pixelated text over what still looked like a berm.

Today, many office blocks and most shopping centers have these touch screen information systems. EPCOT Center - truely a showcase for new technology.
 
joel_maxwell

joel_maxwell

Permanent Resident of EPCOT
merf... this is when you need to turn on the merf charm. ei: Merf stalks crowd, walks up to a group of three women, merf says, "hi. my name is merf. im a Disney/Epcot freak and i really need to preview the new post show." "How bout it ladies.... hey, and afterwards, margaritas on me in Mexico"

you sooo would have been in like flynn.
 
joel_maxwell

joel_maxwell

Permanent Resident of EPCOT
marni1971 said:
There`s been some talk about these lately, and it looks like it`s the old GN screens, but hopefully in a more spacious Earthstation-like environment.

Yep, live WorldKey Information was a closed circuit 2 way tv system. The WorldKey digital information was spooled from Panasonic Laserdisc players in Computer Central - one player for each terminal; 10 terminals in Earthstation, 2 in Futurecom, 2 in the AT&T Lounge above, and 3 Satellites outside of Germany, Canada and on the Showcase link bridge - each satellite having 5 screens. Showcasing another 1982 innovention, each player was linked to it`s terminal via fibre optic cable. The main problem with this system was adding to the info; 29 new discs needed to be made each time. Indeed, when Life opened the Futureworld touchscreen map had `Wonders of Life` in wonderful superimposed pixelated text over what still looked like a berm.

Today, many office blocks and most shopping centers have these touch screen information systems. EPCOT Center - truely a showcase for new technology.
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as usual martin, TMI for the average guest.... but not for us. thanks for the info.

:D
 

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