The Walt Disney Company created a lifelike hologram of its founder using archival video and artificial intelligence tools. The full-size digital avatar speaks in Walt’s voice and is included in interactive exhibitions of Disney artwork, props, and costumes that will travel the world until at least 2028. The exhibit’s entrance will house the hologram.[According to New York Times.]
Two displays of Disney100: The Exhibition will be on display simultaneously as it travels to museums all over the world. The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia will host the initial venues from February 18 through August 27, while Munich will host them starting on April 18. One exhibition will travel across North America; further stops have been confirmed for Chicago and Kansas City. After Munich, the other installation will relocate to London before continuing its 2028 tour of Europe and Asia.
The exhibition, which was made to commemorate The Walt Disney Company’s 100th anniversary, encourages visitors to immerse themselves in their favourite stories with cutting-edge, immersive technology throughout its ten galleries and 15,000 square feet of space.
The many exhibitions from the Walt Disney Archives are not unfamiliar to Disney fans who have attended any of the D23 Expos in Anaheim, California, or Destination D events at Walt Disney World. On the other hand, they are opening the company’s treasure vault in honour of its 100th anniversary. More than 250 of its “Crown Jewels,” including rarely seen original artworks and antiques, costumes and props, and other memorabilia, will be on display in the ten galleries.
Director of the Walt Disney Archives Becky Cline remarked, “We have this wonderful collection because we get first crack at every film that wraps and every attraction that gets updated.
“We considered all of the options when we first conceived of this exhibition,” stated Cline. Would a chronological approach be the best way to tell this incredible tale? We are aware that Walt Disney, who founded The Walt Disney Company, laid the foundation for everything that we do today.
Walt frequently said that the business was founded by a mouse, but in actuality, a man was also responsible for its founding, Cline continued. A man who is extremely, very remarkable. She continued by saying that they made the decision to design an exhibition that demonstrates Walt’s personal thoughts and goals as well as how we have shared and carried on his legacy ever since the firm was started in 1923.
According to Cline, “This exhibition commemorates everything from 1923, when we first began, up to what is coming up in the next year. “This exhibition consists of ten galleries, each of which depicts one of Walt’s philosophies.”
There are people in our world, Ms. Cline noted, “who don’t realise that Walt was a genuine person.” We want to be sure that everyone is aware that actual people—creative storytellers—founded our company. Because everything we do at Disney depends on it.
Essentially, this is a unique exhibition with ten galleries. More than 250 of Disney’s “crown jewels” are displayed across the galleries. There is SO much more to see, as well as a specially created soundtrack of Disney Classics.
However, we have a hunch that Walt’s lifelike hologram in the exhibit would be a major draw. According to the New York Times, Disney “created a lifelike hologram of its founder using capabilities from artificial intelligence and historical film.” An interactive show will feature a “full-size digital avatar that speaks in Walt’s voice.”
You will enter the exhibit through a dimly lit tunnel and then come to the “prologue chamber.” In order to “give a greeting and deliver a taste of his creative beliefs,” a digital representation of Walt will show up there.