Disney's giant, robotic eyeball prototype

A reader writes, "Disney's Imagineers realize that the eyes convey emotions and a two-foot eye prototype showcases the newest concept for animatronic models."

Imagineers realize that the eyes convey emotions and a two-foot eye prototype showcases our newest concept. It's a new type of mechanism that uses electromagnets to create realistic eye motions. There is only a single moving part -- the eye itself -- and no wear points. That means faster, more realistic movement and longer life.
As Disney Parks continues to experiment and innovate, as with our newest Autonomatronics technology, we'll certainly be talking about it on this blog. Stay tuned.

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tomservojr

DA FUG?!?
Mark Morey

I think Disney’s “Imagineers” imagined how cool this looked when they saw it in “Duck Dodgers in the 24 1/2 Century.”
Anonymous

At long last someone recovered the stolen Resident’s eyeball!
Anonymous

Clearly, this is a reference to the all seeing eye of lucifer.
daniel harvey

“Slaves of Mickey Eye” anyone?
JoeCrow

Holy crap, it’s Mickey Eye!

[sings]

When you live, when you die, here comes Mickey Eye!

Where’s Seaguy when you need him?
Brainspore

Ring it in flame and hoist it to the highest tower of Cinderella’s castle, you can claim it’s the noncorporeal manifestation of Lord Disney.
MajorMattMason

Anyone else remember the giant eye at the end of Monsanto’s “Adventure Through Inner Space” ride, back in the 1970′s in Tomorrowland? This looks like it would work for a “Next-Generation” version…
ssll

sure would be nice if disney could get it together to imagineer up something other than a bunch of money.
Pipenta

Some emotion is conveyed by the eye itself; the size of the pupil and such. But mostly, emotion is expressed by that which surrounds the eyes: the eyelids and the brows.
Ian70

“Who are you? What is that? Oh what’s that? What’s that? What is THAT? Ooh, that thing has numbers on it! Hey look at THAT thing! No, that other thing. Ewww, what’s wrong with your legs? Where are we going? Are you coming back? Oh hey, you’re the lady from the test! Hi! What’s that noise? Is that a gun? Where are we going? Oh, what’s in here?”
http://www.goarticles.com/cgi-bin/showa.cgi?C=2046220 Disney World Packages

That was a huge eyes. That may see a thousand miles of Disney world. LOL
Thanks for sharing the information. :)
http://www.hypervoid.net Alexandre Mandarino

Ahah, It’s really Mickey Eye!!