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==Presentation== | ==Presentation== | ||
''Dreamchasers'' was presented through custom-built chairs with a fixed headset with small screens that showed 3D video | ''Dreamchasers'' was presented through custom-built chairs with a fixed headset with stereo speakers and small screens that showed 3D video. These chairs swiveled in synchronization with the show up to 180 degrees,<ref name="WDWPost" /> though the motion only worked when the viewer was fully seated.<ref>https://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/dreamchasers-epcot-test-track.11715/#post-159414</ref> There were also buttons that allowed for closed captioning and Portuguese and Spanish audio.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20020629104742/http://media.gm.com/news/releases/011215_ride.html</ref> | ||
==Availability== | ==Availability== | ||
No recordings of this show have surfaced anywhere, likely due to the small fixed screens making it difficult, if not impossible, to create a good recording of the show. | No recordings of this show itself have surfaced anywhere, likely due to the small fixed screens making it difficult, if not impossible, to create a good recording of the show. However, ride footage was recently found showing recordings of the "Dreamchaser" ride technology being tested along with running in the post-show area with park-goers | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery mode=packed heights= | <gallery mode="packed" heights="175"> | ||
File:London1.jpg|The chairs viewers sat in | File:London1.jpg|The chairs viewers sat in | ||
File:EpcotHeadset- | File:EpcotHeadset-IMG 0895.jpg|A close-up of the headset that the show was presented through | ||
File:London3.jpg|The hosts of the show, Mo, and Gena | File:London3.jpg|The hosts of the show, Mo, and Gena | ||
File:London6.jpg|Mo flying through a futuristic city | File:London6.jpg|Mo flying through a futuristic city | ||
File:Dreamchasers Ride Footage.jpg|A still of the found ride footage | |||
File:Dreamchasers v2.jpg|Another still of the found footage, albeit with park-goers in the frame | |||
File:Dreamchsers.mp4|The full video of the found ride footage (NOTE: The LMW video is in very low quality, a higher quality video can be found here https://vimeopro.com/engageworks/projects-weve-been-involved-in/video/32530569 | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
<nowiki></gallery></nowiki> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
[[Category:Lost animation]] | [[Category:Lost animation]] | ||
[[Category:Completely lost media]] | |||
Latest revision as of 03:39, 29 May 2023
Banner shown next to the show room.
Status: Lost
Dreamchasers was a five-and-a-half-minute[1] CG-animated show that ran in the post-show area for Test Track at Epcot. The show featured two guides, Gena and Mo, as they take the viewer through six environments, including a wild west scene, a beach scene, and outer space,[2] while showcasing GM's development of their cars from marketing to production, and featured a look at GM's plans for the future.[1]
The show was disliked by parkgoers, who saw the attraction as a glorified GM ad.[1] In 2004, the show was replaced with a completely different show with the same name, with the story revolving around a toy Hummer H2 who aspired to be a real car.[3] Two years later, the space was replaced with a completely different exhibition called Fuel for Thought.[4]
Presentation
Dreamchasers was presented through custom-built chairs with a fixed headset with stereo speakers and small screens that showed 3D video. These chairs swiveled in synchronization with the show up to 180 degrees,[1] though the motion only worked when the viewer was fully seated.[5] There were also buttons that allowed for closed captioning and Portuguese and Spanish audio.[6]
Availability
No recordings of this show itself have surfaced anywhere, likely due to the small fixed screens making it difficult, if not impossible, to create a good recording of the show. However, ride footage was recently found showing recordings of the "Dreamchaser" ride technology being tested along with running in the post-show area with park-goers
Gallery
The chairs viewers sat in
A close-up of the headset that the show was presented through
The hosts of the show, Mo, and Gena
Mo flying through a futuristic city
A still of the found ride footage
Another still of the found footage, albeit with park-goers in the frame
The full video of the found ride footage (NOTE: The LMW video is in very low quality, a higher quality video can be found here https://vimeopro.com/engageworks/projects-weve-been-involved-in/video/32530569
</gallery>
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 https://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/dreamchasers.5928/#post-83542
- ↑ http://www.shift.jp.org/en/archives/2002/04/dreamchaser.html
- ↑ http://www.mediascape.com/epcot-dreamchasers/
- ↑ https://blog.touringplans.com/2006/10/26/new-test-track-exhibit-opens/
- ↑ https://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/dreamchasers-epcot-test-track.11715/#post-159414
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20020629104742/http://media.gm.com/news/releases/011215_ride.html