Walt Disney Imagineering has introduced a new app-based play experience to Disneyland called Disney Imagineering Labs.
Exclusively for Magic Key holders, the Disney Imagineering Labs app includes in-park experiences such as interactive tools and useful features.
As it's an early-access experience, some of the app's elements are in early development, and not all of Disney Imagineering's "experiments" are available to every guest in every location.
Asa Kalama, executive of creative and interactive experiences at Walt Disney Imagineering, said the app "allows the most engaged Disney fans to help us Imagineers define the next generation of park experience".
"This app features experiments that allow guests to get a taste at some new ideas that we've got cooking up," he added.
"This could be anything from an entertainment experience to something that might be more utility-focused."
The first interactive experience to launch on the app is called Secrets of the Spire, a site-based game set in Disneyland's Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge.
"One of our experiments is called Secrets of the Spire. This is a heads-up augmented reality adventure that puts you at the centre of a spy mission for Leia Organa," said Kalama.
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"Guest devices are transformed into quadnoculars – those space binoculars that we've seen in Star Wars films – and they use them to track down a series of secret broadcasts spread throughout the land.
"This is just the first experiment of many, and there's more to come soon."
Also part of the app is an AI-powered assistant for Disneyland Resort called the Disneyland Enchanted Guide.
Via TechRadar, this is powered by a combination of AI models, and features a map of Disneyland, attraction wait times and a Mickey button for asking questions.
The Disneyland Enchanted Guide can also be used as a hands-free guide to the resort, as it is compatible with Meta Glasses or Apple AirPods.
