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With technology increasing now days, anything is possible from doors that unlock/lock by your phone, JIBO the new personal assistant, and many, many more. These are just a a few of what technology and the improvement that we have come from like the development of cell phones and now the smartphones. Philip Barnes, from The Walt Disney Company said, "Kids are digital natives and will demand excellency in digital."
Walt Disney Company Parks & Resorts have started using bands that use RFID (radio frequency identification) technology. The MagicBand wearable devices started in the beginning of 2014. These devices can be read by short-range and long-range readers at Walt Disney World Resorts.
Disney decided to invest $1 Billion Dollars in a new wearable technology experiment. With this new technology you will be able to do several things like to enter the Disney parks and hotel rooms. With this device you can also purchase food and gifts, use fast-track services and even link Disney photographs to an online account with a swipe of their arm. This is something that you would want to use "EVERYWHERE".
Here are some questions that I would like to be answered.
1. Would you spend more that a week (if you had the money) using the Disney Magic Band?
2. What do you think of Disney doing this?
3. Do you think that more people will use this with all that it can do?
Any other comments, thoughts that you have about this...
I would like to see this do very well at Disney. The thought that you could have everything controlled from a bracelet seems to be a great way in which to simplify our often hectic lives. With this doing well at Disney hopefully it spreads onto outside society.
ReplyDeleteThis is a great idea. Families don't have to worry about carrying around money or their credit card. It would be easy to keep track of how much they spend because it is online. I don't see any negatives about Disney doing this.
ReplyDeleteThis is a cool idea to simplify your Disney experience. I just think it is a quicker way to for Disney to get into your wallet by making transactions and purchases easy with just a swipe of your bracelet. This might enable little kids or pre-teens to make unsupervised purchases.
ReplyDeleteThis is a great idea. Although I am surprised they have all of this information tied to a bracelet rather than a smartphone app. However, I do love the things you can with it: purchase food and items, find your photos, etc.
ReplyDeleteIt creates a better overall experience.