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Restored videos: Horizons and EPCOT Computer Central

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This video press kit for the opening of Horizons at EPCOT Center in 1983 has some great footage of the development and construction of Horizons. In addition, there are several scenes of the completed attraction, as well as a segment with Robert McCall about the 60′ mural placed at the exit of the ride.   This next video about EPCOT’s Advanced Information System starts in CommuniCore and then goes backstage into EPCOT’s Computer Central. With a...Read More...

A video visit to CommuniCore

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No visit to EPCOT Center was complete without a visit to the exhibits in CommuniCore! Among the other futuristic technologies, computers with touch screens were used in exhibits in CommuniCore – these were not at all common place at the time. To make computers seem more approachable and friendly, there were a number of simple, touch based games throughout. The Manufactory was one such game to illustrate how computers could be used to control the manufacture...Read More...

Restored home video: CommuniCore East 1992

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Take a quick tour through CommuniCore East in this video from 1992. Included are glimpses of the population counter kinetic sculpture with the Great American Census Quiz game played on the computers below. The interactive Computer-a-Coaster exhibit let guests design their own rollercoaster using a touch screen, and the trivia-asking robot, SMRT-1, was a favorite of guests using early speech recognition technology.Read More...

SMRT-1 Restored Video

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SMRT-1 was an interactive robot that was seen as part of the EPCOT Computer Central exhibit. Guests could pick up a telephone and play games using early voice recognition technology. SMRT-1 would ask trivia questions of guests and listen for their answers.Read More...

Innoventions at Epcot Walk Around – Mid 90s

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We are back at Epcot today to look around Innoventions. This video showcases tons of the exhibits inside Innoventions, including some of the interactive elements, live shows, demonstrations and more. We hope you don’t get motion sickness, as this one is pretty jerky. The 8mm camcorder it was shot on does not stabilization and there was just so much to capture. So plan on lots of zooms, movement and walking around – but it does give...Read More...

Podcast Episode 54.5: Bringing the World Closer to You

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Back in Episode 42 (Communicore West) we interviewed Lisa Bastoni, granddaughter of Walter Einsel, the designer of the Age of Information Exhibit at Futurecom in Communicore West. Through her grandfather's notes and a correct search of the song, we were able to locate the author and lyricist of the song, Tom Tierney! In this episode we speak with Tom about the creation of the song, how he developed the melody and lyrics and his interaction with…Read More...

Podcast Episode 42: Communicore West

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A little while back, we dedicated some time to CommuniCore East on Episode 38. This month, we veer right (If you are going through the main entrance) and take you to CommuniCore West. Todd gets us started with some information on Earth Station and where it was originally planned for. The Fountain of Information is discussed, which included road signs, neon, and anything connected to communication in a fountain type of sculpture. Touchscreens are brought up…Read More...

Einsel Theater: The Age of Information – Complete Video, Song and Lyrics

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The Display Closed in the early 1990s, one area of Communicore West can easily be crowned as the definitive definition of a prophecy that came true. Nestled along a huge wall in Futurecom, this 40-foot kinetic sculpture included fifty-five automaton figures and countless animated devices, props and displays; all timed to react and move in perfect synchrony with the song that shared its name with the display: The Age of Information. Walter Einsel, an American Sculptor...Read More...