badboibill
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Disney claims that "real lightsabers" will be a part of the "Galaxy's Edge" expansion. I think I know how they're going to do it:
Multiple people have claimed to have already seen the "real lightsabers" at Disney and that the experience is "mind blowing." We all know a real lightsaber isn't technically possible... so how is Disney going to achieve the effect? Theoretically, if you built a lightsaber and housed a laser or a powerful and focused light source in the body (much like the "in-hilt tri cree builds you see on this forum) you could see the actual beam of light with some light atmospheric haze in the room - the same stuff used at basketball games, ballet, and theater. Some lasers have a "frame rate" or a gate, just like a movie projector. If you film a laser and sync the frame rate of your camera to the frame rate of the laser, you can capture suspended beams of light with a beginning AND an end. The catch? It's impossible to see with the naked eye, and can only be seen once you play back the footage. However, if a user were to wear a set of goggles with a frame rate SYNCED to the lasers frame rate (much like 3D goggles that go with 3D enabled TV sets) you could, in theory, capture the image of the beam of light... beginning at the emitter of the hilt, and ending about a meter away.
Add a great sound system, a rumble motor, and some atmospheric heat (much like the VR company "The VOID" uses) you could come up with a pretty convincing "lightsaber." In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if this is where our community goes after neopixels blades.
What do you guys think... any thoughts on how Disney is planning on achieving a "real lightsaber?"
Multiple people have claimed to have already seen the "real lightsabers" at Disney and that the experience is "mind blowing." We all know a real lightsaber isn't technically possible... so how is Disney going to achieve the effect? Theoretically, if you built a lightsaber and housed a laser or a powerful and focused light source in the body (much like the "in-hilt tri cree builds you see on this forum) you could see the actual beam of light with some light atmospheric haze in the room - the same stuff used at basketball games, ballet, and theater. Some lasers have a "frame rate" or a gate, just like a movie projector. If you film a laser and sync the frame rate of your camera to the frame rate of the laser, you can capture suspended beams of light with a beginning AND an end. The catch? It's impossible to see with the naked eye, and can only be seen once you play back the footage. However, if a user were to wear a set of goggles with a frame rate SYNCED to the lasers frame rate (much like 3D goggles that go with 3D enabled TV sets) you could, in theory, capture the image of the beam of light... beginning at the emitter of the hilt, and ending about a meter away.
Add a great sound system, a rumble motor, and some atmospheric heat (much like the VR company "The VOID" uses) you could come up with a pretty convincing "lightsaber." In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if this is where our community goes after neopixels blades.
What do you guys think... any thoughts on how Disney is planning on achieving a "real lightsaber?"
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