InPark Magazine: Orbi, a unique, new indoor theme park that arose from the collaboration between SEGA and BBC Worldwide and the BBC Earth brand, opened August 2013 in Yokohama, Japan. Octogenarian Yuichiro Miura, on record as the oldest person to scale Mount Everest, said at the opening that he had been to the top of the world, but that now, through Orbi, he could explore the rest.
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I think this is the coolest thing ever. ORBI takes a typical indoor amusement park and turns it on its head. There is just so much that goes into this place and I wish I could someday experience this. The technology involved in this place is just fascinating because this amusement park utilizes the state of the art technology of today and allows people to interact with it. Its interesting however that the theme of this place is natural and wildlife, but its located indoor the furthest thing from nature and everything is fake. Why would someone want to go and watch falling water that is simply projected on a abnormal screen? The concept sounds intriguing, but very boring. I think I would really enjoy attending this attraction once, then I would be bored the second time. I predict that within the next ten years there will be an ORBI park in America, where I believe it will be a bigger success. This technology is amazing, but the theme has to be different than animals. The animals will attract children and families, but for teens and young adults the substance has to become more intriguing.
This is a great example of combining technology and theatre and education. I think this kind of experimentation with projections and interactivity is key in developing media technology, as well as educational systems. Teachers (at least ones that I've had) are often fairly against technology. I know this is a whole debate I don't want to get in to, but many teachers believe that technology is a distraction and for all the good it is much more a hindrance to learning. I whole-heartedly disagree with that, because bringing technology into learning I think is exactly what we need. It can be as simple as Orbi, where technology is used as a central resource, and people learn by watching and touching, or as complicated as networks of individual devices students can use to interact with each other and the teacher.
THis is such a cool concept! it's really interesting how people these days are trying to create technology that can imitate nature. In a way, it is scary because there would be huge negative effects if actually did! This field, I found, is called biomimicry. Here's a super cool video of a "robot fly!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FYMRH3XVlo&list=PLCF46BC476069849F
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