Also, when the actress from the video started speaking and moving her mouth, the mannequin head, obviously did not follow suit. So in 1969, they settled for the small glare on the crystal ball. But they couldn’t put a massive projector inside of the crystal ball. So obviously, a reflection that ruins the illusion was not ideal. A big part of Disney magic is that it seems like magic and that you can’t figure out how they did something, so you’re left with intrigue and awe. When they projected from outside of the crystal ball, you could see a reflection from the projector. The floating head that they were mapping onto was inside of the Psychics Crystal Ball (not actually crystal, just a prop designed to look similar). The story that they wanted to portray was that of a psychic’s vision/a message from “beyond”.

While some issues can be worked around using either specific equipment or placement of said equipment, some challenges may be too prohibitive of a projection project, or there may be some issues that you may settle with.įor example, in the Disney Haunted Mansion ride, they encountered some issues. Your space can often be very different from an ideal projection environment. Step One: Finding the “Right” Environment

If you haven’t yet, check out part one in the series which covers the history and definition of projection mapping to get some good background info since we’ll be referring back to some examples that were mentioned in that post. In part two of our four part series on projection mapping, we’ll walk through the details on how projection mapping works, and the steps you should take for a projection project.

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