Theme parks to become techie-heaven?
According to this article on Silicon.com, Tussauds are looking at integrating more high-tech gadgets into their attractions in an effort to encourage the GBP to get off their arses and go outside.
While surfing the net and watching DVDs is fun, there’s equal or more fun to be had outside, but it seems if it doesn’t involve a remote control it’s just not worth the hastle.
Playing the couch-potatoes at their own game, Tussauds is looking toward multimedia, touchscreens and image morphing bells and whistles to encourage punters out of their front doors.
Adding more technology into the parks seems like a good idea, but Tussauds aren’t being particularly inventive. I don’t see the point in watching a TV at Alton Towers rather than at home, and I can give all my friends big ears and tiny mouths in Photoshop.
Go ahead and make the place high-tech, but make it bleeding-edge and exciting rather than a re-creation of my front room.
