How does talking with crush work

The voice is perfectly lip-synched based on what the actor is saying and is projected at 60 frames per second, so it looks spot on every time. If you ask about some of the other characters from the show, you will find that some of them may appear during the show to appeal to the questions about them. We have seen this with a Dory scene, where a child asked about Dory, and later in the show, Dory came on screen and tried to speak whale with the guests at the show. It is a lot of fun and makes the show feel even more real and unrehearsed.

This experience completely brought the show to life for us. Christy Caby Hi! I first fell in love with Disney when my mom took me when I was a child. I shared my love of Disney with my now husband and sucked him in. He proposed at Disney, we honeymooned at Disney, we started bringing our boys before they were born and then as early as 8 weeks old. Columbia in a special Underwater Observatory on its lower deck, with a queue displaying the ship's history and a Nemo-based look at ocean species.

Guests are admitted to a movie theater-like room featuring what appears to be a large aquarium-style window opening onto an undersea vista. Children are encouraged to sit on a carpeted area up front so that they may have a better view, while parents and other adults sit on benches behind them. The host and moderator gives a brief introduction to the show, and then Crush swims down to appear in the window. Crush looks and sounds much as he does in Finding Nemo , complete with animated facial expressions and subtle gestures.

With the help of the moderator, Crush selects children and adults from the audience and engages them individually in dialogue, asking them questions and responding with quick wit and humor to questions about his life as a sea turtle or any other questions guests choose to ask. Other events may occur during this improvised conversation, including cameo appearances by other characters from the original film.

Though the format, structure and rough duration of the show are consistent, the show itself varies considerably depending on the guests' questions and comments. The show is a cutting-edge blend of sophisticated computer graphic techniques, image projection, and live, interactive, quick-witted improvisation.

The "Window to the Pacific" is in reality a large rear-projection screen portraying an animated undersea environment.

Crush's movements and voice-activated lip synch are rendered on the fly and are projected at 60 frames per second, so that the turtle's mouth moves in synchronization with the actor's words. Sophisticated digital puppetry techniques allow the puppeteer's movements to control the body motions of the projected turtle, enabling Crush to maneuver about naturalistically with real-time human control.

This breakthrough technology enables every show to be different than the one before as Crush responds uniquely to each individual audience. Thanks to a system of hidden cameras, the invisible actor is able to see the audience with whom he is interacting, and thus refer to the specific appearance and behavior of particular questioners, as well as their location in the theatre.

Since you are in the Living Seas where many large windows look into an ocean environment, this looks much like another such window. A host introduces Crush the sea turtle from "Finding Nemo. He looks at the person he's talking with and really interacts with people. For example, the host will ask a kid his name and Crush will say "Hello, Jimmy. The show lasts about 10 minutes and is very enjoyable. As word spreads about this show, it will become very popular.

I would guess that the theater holds about people. I have never seen anything like this before. It's a really nice addition to a tired pavilion.

We had no idea what we were in for when we happened on this attraction in the Living Seas. We are annual Passholders who live outside Tampa and try to hit Disney parks as often as we can. Our 8 year old twins still get excited every time we enter a Disney park, but we worry if that enthusiasm will wane with time. Our son, Logan was amazed and delighted when Crush asked his name, talk to him, and answered his question about turtle shells. Adults and children seemed to enjoy this wonderful attraction equally.

If this interactive show is any indication of future plans, we will happily renew our annual passes for years to come! It is an interactive and I mean really good discussion between Crush and the audience. My girls enjoyed it very much, got to ask questions and even included me in the fun. The only problem? Crush asked me where human babies come from — I very quickly told him the hospital.

Darkzeid I was at the Living Seas this week and did the Turtle talk. It was really well done. The computer animated Crush talks in real time, reacting to whoever he is talking to and what is going on. He has an array of emotions that he expresses and even played "The hide and The seek" with us. Another small attraction done extremely well. Jim: We were one of the first groups to see this new attraction in Epcot's Living Seas Pavilion during the week of November 7th.

It was definitely different than anything else we saw all week. It was in a very small theater. There were about 60 people or so sitting in the theater on benches and then a small area up front. The attraction's creators were standing around the room with clip boards taking notes. The area upfront was for kids to go up and sit down. It was in front of a movie screen. The images on the screen made it seem like you were looking through a glass window into an ocean scene with water, rocks the ocean floor, etc.

There was an image of a microphone on the side. The premise is that Crush will come out and talk to and interact with everyone in the theater.

There was a CM that moderated everything on the theater side, introduced the attraction and then got the crowd to call for Crush. The CM had a mic in his hand and would go around the room with it when Crush called on folks to ask a question. So, we call for Crush and he comes out. He is a virtual reality movie image that swims around on the screen, talks, makes expression and reacts to the crowd.

Basically the whole show is interactive he can look into the audience and see what the crowd or kids are doing.