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'''''CommuniCore''''' was | '''''CommuniCore''''' was a pavilion in Walt Disney World's EPCOT Center in 1982, the pavilion was divided into two buildings, that being CommuniCore East and West. These two semi-circular buildings housed various areas that focused on different things such as energy and computing. Since it's closing in January of 1994 and conversion into Innoventions, much of CommuniCore's original media is now lost. Much of CommuniCore relied on interactive computer programs, video, and photographs, all of which are now missing aside from footage of these during the attraction's period. | ||
===List of Programs=== | ===List of Programs=== | ||
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==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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File:Taxi_Driver.png|Taxi Driver | File:Taxi_Driver.png|''Taxi Driver''. | ||
File:Chip_Scanner.png|Chip Cruiser | File:Chip_Scanner.png|''Chip Cruiser''. | ||
File:Compute-A-Coaster_2.png|Compute-a-Coaster | File:Compute-A-Coaster_2.png|''Compute-a-Coaster''. | ||
File:Futurechoice_Controls.png|Answer control panel at Futurechoice Theatre | File:Futurechoice_Controls.png|Answer control panel at Futurechoice Theatre. | ||
File:Futurechoice_Screen.png|Results at a Futurechoice Theatre poll | File:Futurechoice_Screen.png|Results at a Futurechoice Theatre poll. | ||
File:Get_Jet_Set.png|Get Jet Set | File:Get_Jet_Set.png|''Get Jet Set''. | ||
File:Travel_Port.png|Travel Port choice monitor | File:Travel_Port.png|''Travel Port'' choice monitor. | ||
File:Scramble_faces.png| | File:Scramble_faces.png|S''cramble Faces''. | ||
File:Phaser.png|Phraser | File:Phaser.png|''Phraser''. | ||
File:Network_Control.png|Network Control | File:Network_Control.png|''Network Control''. | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mE8xwVW5TKY&t=2639s CommuniCore video tribute] Retrieved | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mE8xwVW5TKY&t=2639s CommuniCore video tribute] Retrieved 09 Jun '19 | ||
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20170331103817/http://www.lostepcot.com/communicore.html Archived fan page.] Retrieved | *[https://web.archive.org/web/20170331103817/http://www.lostepcot.com/communicore.html Archived fan page.] Retrieved 09 Jun '19 | ||
*[http://progresscityusa.com/energy/exhibits.html Energy Exchange website.] Retrieved | *[http://progresscityusa.com/energy/exhibits.html Energy Exchange website.] Retrieved 09 Jun '19 | ||
*[https://angryap.blogspot.com/search?q=information+fountain Blog post with photos and notes.] Retrieved | *[https://angryap.blogspot.com/search?q=information+fountain Blog post with photos and notes.] Retrieved 09 Jun '19 | ||
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZJx-KIjL5w&t=607s CommuniCore East & West footage.] Retrieved | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZJx-KIjL5w&t=607s CommuniCore East & West footage.] Retrieved 09 Jun '19 | ||
[[Category: Lost video games]] | [[Category: Lost video games]] | ||
[[Category: Lost films]] | [[Category: Lost films]] | ||
Revision as of 23:03, 9 June 2019
Manufactory in CommuniCore East.
Status: Lost
CommuniCore was a pavilion in Walt Disney World's EPCOT Center in 1982, the pavilion was divided into two buildings, that being CommuniCore East and West. These two semi-circular buildings housed various areas that focused on different things such as energy and computing. Since it's closing in January of 1994 and conversion into Innoventions, much of CommuniCore's original media is now lost. Much of CommuniCore relied on interactive computer programs, video, and photographs, all of which are now missing aside from footage of these during the attraction's period.
List of Programs
- Taxi Driver - Game in the Energy Exchange area, taught about energy consumption.
- Get Jet Set - Book digital passengers on a plane
- Great American Census Quiz - Unknown
- Manufactory - Building the American flag on an assembly line
- Compute-a-Coaster - Making your own digital roller coaster in CGi
- Futurechoice Theatre Electronic Forum - Play a poll in real time in an auditorium while the results are displayed on the screen in front of you
- Travel Port - Choose a country on a touch screen monitor and see photographs and facts about it on a large sphere
- AT&T True Vision - Demonstrated color graphics by matching colored squares
- Bit by Bit - Demonstrated computer memory
- Tele-Trivia - Demonstrated fiber optic cables while explaining the history of AT&T
- Scramble Faces - Takes a photo of you and scrambles it, you unscramble it like a slide puzzle
- Famous Faces - Identify celebrities that have been removed in scenes
- Network Controller - Switch calls from overloaded lines to complete as many as possible
- Chip Cruiser - Destroy a computer virus before it reaches the network
- Putting It All Together - Quiz on EPCOT Center
- Electronic Finger Paint - Unknown
- Phraser - Voice synthesis program
- Lost For Words - Guide a mouse through a maze using voice synthesis
List of Videos
- Backstage Magic Tour - Tour video and hologram used in the Backstage Magic area
- Travel Port - Various footage and photos used on the Travel Port sphere
Gallery
Taxi Driver.
Chip Cruiser.
Compute-a-Coaster.
Answer control panel at Futurechoice Theatre.
Results at a Futurechoice Theatre poll.
Get Jet Set.
Travel Port choice monitor.
Scramble Faces.
Phraser.
Network Control.
References
- CommuniCore video tribute Retrieved 09 Jun '19
- Archived fan page. Retrieved 09 Jun '19
- Energy Exchange website. Retrieved 09 Jun '19
- Blog post with photos and notes. Retrieved 09 Jun '19
- CommuniCore East & West footage. Retrieved 09 Jun '19