Disney’s newest animatronic was created by motion-capturing a Muppet, Nvidia chips are helping the Mandalorian on his mission, and a classic Tomorrowland ride is now packed with 200 Unreal Engine machines. CNET’s Bridget Carey learns about the unexpected high-tech upgrades at Walt Disney World in Florida, which include the attractions Rock ’n’ Roller Coaster, Millennium Falcon: Smuggler’s Run and Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin.
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You Won’t Believe the Tech Disney Used to Update These Rides
0:00 Intro: Tech Upgrades at Walt Disney World
0:41 Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster Starring The Muppets
0:55 Next-Gen Animatronics: Scooter’s Motion Capture & 3D Printing
2:32 Upgraded Pre-Show: LED Screens & Social Media Live Stream
3:56 Interview with The Electric Mayhem (Janice & Sgt. Floyd Pepper)
4:22 Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run (Mandalorian & Grogu Update)
4:57 Real-Time Graphics: Unreal Engine 5 & NVIDIA GPUs in Millennium Falcon
6:53 Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin Upgrade
7:53 Real-Time Scoring & Interactive Photo Pass Features
8:43 Classic Muppets Outro: Statler and Waldorf
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@DMGinc810
May 28, 2026 at 8:46 am
However it all works, it’s woke af and I want zero part of their non sense. They destroyed star was. The avengers. So many more
@Subpar1945
May 28, 2026 at 9:53 am
UE5 ? So lots of stuttering 😂
@Aragorn7884
May 28, 2026 at 9:55 am
…as they probably triple the admittance price to pay for it all…
@johnyoungs3174
May 28, 2026 at 10:17 am
Love it ❤
@Dionyzoz
May 28, 2026 at 10:42 am
3:35 real disney adults
@TechnotMe
May 28, 2026 at 10:42 am
Carey you need your own YouTube channel! Start a kickstarter to help launch it! Dont use investor or private equity money.
@cnicdrv
May 28, 2026 at 10:42 am
@Mammoth_Club 1:56
@haywardhaunter2620
May 28, 2026 at 11:20 am
“This is the first time motion capture was used to create a Disney animatronic.” Well, only in the modern sense of camera-based motion capture. There are rather famous clips of an Imagineer strapped into a physical rig that captured his movements to animate “John” for the original Carousel of Progress.
@BridgetCarey
May 28, 2026 at 12:25 pm
Very true! First time for that more modern movie-style method we know today.
@JohnVanderbeck
May 28, 2026 at 11:40 am
So now we got professional media outlets holding the mic.
@matthijs.tieleman
May 28, 2026 at 11:53 am
Terrific! Now, please, make movies and TV shows we actually want to watch, instead of the slop Disney has produced for the last several decades. You can have all the tech in the world but who cares if they are about stories and characters we no longer care about?
@m00ndog3
May 28, 2026 at 12:09 pm
@Mammoth_Club Cameo at 1:58!
@holotape
May 28, 2026 at 12:49 pm
Mam Fam
@ccabus
May 28, 2026 at 12:59 pm
I was going to comment the same thing LOL
@hurleyfrancois4060
May 28, 2026 at 7:42 pm
Right!
@igormarcos687
May 28, 2026 at 1:31 pm
They could have hired a real puppeteer….
@MarshalGrover
May 28, 2026 at 5:15 pm
That would be very taxing; that pre-show runs several dozen times a day. Even Muppet Vision had animatronic Muppets. Are they cop outs too?
@kennethwilson8236
May 28, 2026 at 2:48 pm
would rather see the Muppet Show continue
@ChicagoBob123
May 28, 2026 at 4:36 pm
Disney going to destroy the Muppets. 😕
@MarshalGrover
May 28, 2026 at 5:16 pm
How did you get that from this at all?
@ChicagoBob123
May 28, 2026 at 5:43 pm
@MarshalGroverit’s Disney’s recent history of destroying all their characters. From Star wars, to show white. Disney has mucked up everything.
@PRIDE_4EVER
May 28, 2026 at 8:56 pm
Pass