Parker invites guests to get into the slinger vehicles seen above and it'll be up to us to catch all of the spiderbots to save the campus.
"Guests are wearing 3D glasses. This attraction does use a hybrid of physical sets, practical effects, as well as virtual set extensions to bring this epic universe to life," said Strong.
If you're familiar with Disney rides, I was told Web Slingers will be a mix between Toy Story Midway Mania and the upcoming Ratatouille ride at Disney World's Epcot park. But instead of using a blaster or interface, guests will just be able to reach out and use their arms, without holding onto anything, to sling webs.
"In order to do that, we invented a brand new interface," said Strong of how this is possible. "This is a gesture recognition system that we have built into every slinger vehicle. 60 times a second we are able to determine where a guest's head is, their shoulders, their elbows, and even their wrists."
This is technology the team has been prototyping for more than two years.
Strong said they're able to track the motion of guest's bodies so when they reach out, they can render a virtual web coming right out of the palm of your hand and your virtual web shooter. You'll be able to see the webs as you shoot them to try and collect up all of the spiderbots.
The best thing about the new attraction is that it won't have any height limitations. Everyone will be able to try this.