A patent has been filed by Disney Enterprises, Inc labeled “Multimedia System for Transforming Any Room Into a Show Environment”. With the announcement of a fully immersive Star Wars resort coming soon, it seems as though this patent may be another step in the design. It shows how the technology will be interactive throughout the room, involving every aspect such as lighting, sound and controls.
The patent specifically mentions and emphasizes this technology’s use in hotel rooms:
“[0002] There are many settings where it is desirable to provide in-room entertainment to make people’s stay in that room or space more enjoyable. These spaces may range from waiting areas (e.g., airport and other transportation staging areas, health and other service waiting rooms, and so on) to hotel rooms to a room in someone’s home, and each of these spaces may be considered a “room” in this description. To date, the types of entertainment provided in these spaces or “in-room” has been quite limited.
[0003] For example, hotel rooms have long been rather generic environments distinguished from each other mainly by their furnishings, decor, the hotel’s location, and out-of-room amenities provided in the hotel or its grounds. Conventional thinking in the hotel industry has been that it is desirable to make their guest very comfortable while they sleep but to otherwise encourage their guests to leave their room to partake in entertaining activities such as shopping and dining on-site or elsewhere in a resort or nearby city.”
There is also a section in the patent specific to integration with restaurants and park entertainment. This gives further confidence that this patent is linked to the Star Wars resort as the resort is to be seamlessly connected to Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at Hollywood Studios.
“[0020] Later in the day, when reservations are not possible or the family wants to stay in, the show system may be switched to match room service with an accompanying whole-room audiovisual theming to a guest-chosen or meal-matching scene/setting (e.g., provide illusion that the room is actually a dining room at a particular restaurant or some exotic outdoor setting). Gaming can be augmented such with playing projection enhanced board games. When outdoor displays (such as resort light shows, fireworks, and so on) are being missed, the room can be used to provide an unobstructed in-room view of the light show, fireworks, or other show (e.g., as if the guests were actually at a prime spot outside for viewing this particular show), and the projected and displayed images as well as audio track output from the surround sound audio system provide an immersive multimedia show experience that can fill the entire room (or at least be provided using an entire wall as a display surface).”
Even though patents are never guarantees that the technology will actually be developed, this particular idea seems to be in line with Disney’s vision of future resorts, including Star Wars. It could also be used in other new Disney resorts as well as the current ones.
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