Living Character Initiative to take a Giant Leap!
It appears the Living Character Initiative that Disney has been expounding on the last couple of years has taken the next step in its development. This project has been responsible for such interesting and popular ideas as Lucky the Dinosaur, the first walking audio-animantronic, Turtle Talk with Crush, and the cool interactive Mr. Potato Head seen in the queue for Toy Story Mania.
Now, at Disneyland, you can see the newest creation from this Walt Disney Imagineering project. It’s a talking Mickey Mouse, and he is holding meet-n-greets at the California Park in Toontown. Check out the video from Disneyland News Today.
Over the past few years we have seen these types of animated characters used in stage shows, but those spoke written lines in choreographed settings. But ever since the introduction of those characters, we have been waiting and hoping that the same technology could be used in the meet-n-greet setting. This could an absolutely groundbreaking enhancement of the experience for children at the Disney Parks
I can only imagine that this will make its way to other Disney parks sooner rather than later. And we can’t wait!