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04-30-2017, 10:45 PM
Call the police, Disney's 'Avatar' animatronics are alive and too real
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What in God's name is this, Disney?
This video, taken in the new Avatar-themed section of Disney’s Animal Kingdom in Florida, reveals an insanely realistic animatronic Na'vi. There's "uncanny valley" and then there's, "Oh sh*t, there's a real alien singing on this Disney ride and **w I have to carry on with my day eating Mickey Ear ice cream and applying 30 SPF sunscreen like I didn't just see this thing" and this robot falls firmly into the latter.
Did we miss something? Did I sleep on 50 years of progress in animatronics? How is the Chuck E. Cheese band still acceptable when this magic is possible? Boycott Chuck E. Cheese immediately. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/04/30/disney-world-avatar-ride-animatronic/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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What in God's name is this, Disney?
This video, taken in the new Avatar-themed section of Disney’s Animal Kingdom in Florida, reveals an insanely realistic animatronic Na'vi. There's "uncanny valley" and then there's, "Oh sh*t, there's a real alien singing on this Disney ride and **w I have to carry on with my day eating Mickey Ear ice cream and applying 30 SPF sunscreen like I didn't just see this thing" and this robot falls firmly into the latter.
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