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Disney’s new animatronic uses projection to morph pirate into skeleton
Disney Imagineering revealed a next-gen Audio-Animatronic that transforms a pirate into a skeleton in real time using projection mapping. The tech debuts today at Disneyland’s Pirates of the Caribbean ride. It marks a leap in blending physical robotics with digital projection for seamless character changes.
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Impressive as a theme park trick, but the underlying projection-mapping and real-time rendering tech could have broader applications in entertainment and robotics.
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