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>> I'm Chick Russell, I'm an Executive Show Producer at Universal Creative, part
of the Universal Orlando Resort.
A Show Producer here, we actually over see the design of all-new theme park rides.
It's a really fun job, basically have all kinds of very talented Engineers and creative
folks to put one of these attractions together.
We need people to do the design and engineering of the ride systems, the computer systems,
the lighting control, the video control for all the projection.
And so it's a really exciting place to be.
So right now we're standing inside the TRANSFORMERS: The Ride 3D.
And we have these ride vehicles going by behind us.
What makes this ride vehicle so special is it has a motion base right underneath the ride vehicle.
It gives us six degrees of freedom on both translational
and rotational.
So it gives you the illusion that you're actually flying through the Transformers world or speeding
toward dangerous robots.
One of the ways we use science is, we have to think about the optics and how your eyes
look at gigient projection images.
So in this pictular attraction, the ride vehicle is moving past huge screens.
And we want the images to look authentic and real. So we have to change the perspective,
something we call squinching. So as you ride by, we had them make the film and it actually
tracks with the ride vehicle. So the result is, it looks absolutely real like huge giant
robots are fighting each other.
What makes the ride really successful, is when your able to combine a bunch of new technologies
together, in ways it has never been done before. And the result of that is an experience you
never ever experienced and you just want to ride it again right away.
And I remember the first time I rode with all these different components running.
That science it helped pulled together for us. It blew my mind and all my senses couldn't handle it.
My name is Gregory Hall, and I'm a Senior Attraction Designer at Universal Creative
at Universal Orlando Resort.
Everyday we work in different programs to make our guests happy.
Just to make awesome attractions and innovative and creative ideas come to life.
We collaborate with other departments, there engineering, architectural department and we
actually start off with ideas and concept sketches.
And after we come up with something that we really like, we really start collaborating
with the other departments and take it to the next steps to become one world-class attractions
that you see today.
With TRANSFORMERS The Ride 3D, its a special attraction where there is a blend between
media and actual physical sets and Engineering.
So media played a really huge role becasue we want to blend both worlds together and
make it seem very seemless to our guests.
The vehicles are the characters and we really wanted to place our guess into a character
so they have a first person experience
and what its like to be a Transformer and to be in their universe.
We actually got to design our own Transformer and one that was very exclusive for this attraction.
I designed Evac, which was amazing experience for me.
I actually went to school to work on film and I learned a lot animation programs and on
the side I was designing vehicles because always wanted one of these vehicles put I
was in school I couldn't afford them.
So Transformers was actually my project, it was perfect becasue you know, I got to use
all my different skill sets in this dream project.
When I rode Transformers for the first time it made me feel amazing, because I knew it was
going to be something huge.
Even though I worked on it, I was still a fan.
And I just wanted more and more people to see it.
The level of excitement is, you know. Hard to describe because you just want everyone else
to experience this same thing that you have.