The Disney company won approval for a metaverse a metaverse is a digital universe that contains all the aspects of the real world, such as real-time interactions and economies. It offers a unique experience to end-users. theme park, a “virtual world simulator” patent at the end of December 2021.
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Disney, the world’s largest U.S. media and entertainment conglomerate, was approved for a patent that will enable the creation of customized interactive attractions for theme park visitors based on the metaverse. The technology would facilitate headset-free augmented reality (AR) attractions at Disney’s theme parks. Disney.
In addition, the technology would work by tracking visitors using their mobile phones and generating and projecting customized 3D effects on nearby physical spaces, walls and objects in the park.
Metaverse in Disney parks
The approval of the “virtual world simulator in a real-world location” is registered in the patent on 28 December 2021. Originally filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in July 2020.
It says part of the patent how it would be part of that Disney metaverse:
“A virtual world simulator at a real-world location, the virtual world simulator comprising: a computing platform a place to buy, sell and store cryptocurrency including a hardware processor and a memory storing a software code; a tracking system communicatively coupled to the computing platform; and a handheld device configured to be used by a user at the real-world location and communicatively coupled to the computing platform.
The hardware processor configured to execute software code the action of coding is to write programming statements for a program. to: obtain a map of a geometry of the real world location; identify one or more virtual effects to display at the real world location; track, using the tracking system, a moving perspective of one of the user at the real world location or a camera at the real world location; and control the handheld device to simulate a virtual world by adapting the one or more identified virtual effects to the geometry of the real world location from a current viewpoint of the tracked moving perspective.”
Disney and its previous projects
The Metaverse has largely been imagined as existing on the internet, accessed through virtual reality (VR) or AR augmented Reality (AR) is an immersive experience that improves the value and usage of real-world items using computer-generated intuitive information sent through a variety of sensory modalities such as sound, touch, smell, and sight. headsets. However, Disney’s proposed technology would bring the Metaverse into the physical world, it expresses. Cointelegraph .
Also, this isn’t the first time Disney has shown interest in the Metaverse. During the company’s fourth-quarter earnings call in November 2021, CEO Bob Chapek said the firm was preparing to combine physical and digital assets in the metaverse.
“We’ll be able to connect the physical and digital digital technologies are these electronic tools that have the ability to generate, store or even process data. worlds even more closely, which will allow for storytelling, unbounded in our own Disney metaverse.”
Likewise, Cointelegraph also recalls that in November 2020, the director of strategy for the Disney Resorts Tilak Mandadi, shared in an article in Linkedin which had its sights set on combining the digital and physical world.
“As we look to the future, connected park experiences that transcend the physical and digital barrier and unlock new layers of storytelling are a very exciting focus for us.” he wrote.
“These experiences are perennial and guest engagement happens inside and outside the parks. They’re exclusive to you, but they’re also social and connected. They’re constantly changing, so there’s always something new to discover.” .
No hay planes actuales
Although Disney told the LA Times that it has “no current plans” to use the simulator in the near future, the recently approved patent echoes Mandadi’s vision of a “Theme Park Metaverse”.
There are 12 official Disney theme parks around the world, in the U.S., Paris, Hong Kong, Japan and China. In 2021, Disney generated total revenue of nearly USD $17 billion from its parks, experiences and products segment, despite global roadblocks due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Sources: Patente , Cointelegraph , LA Times , archivo
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