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From: sasaki@harvard.UUCP (Marty Sasaki)
Newsgroups: net.sci,net.rec.photo
Subject: Holograms at Disneyland
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Date: Sat, 23-Nov-85 02:15:12 EST
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I hate to burst anyone's bubble, but the "holograms" in the Haunted
Mansion ride at Disneland (Disneyworld may be different) are not
holograms. On one of the Disney shows they showed how they did the
effects. The talking (and singing) heads are frosted plastic heads
with a magic optical system which projects the features onto the
inside of the sculpted heads. The ghosts which join you are just
reflections from carefully placed puppets.

The show was a while ago, so they might have replaced the effects with
holograms, but why would they bother? The effects were startling and
wouldn't gain much by being holograms.
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