Sleek and gleaming white, the Caribbean Princess cruise ship looks like any other massive floating steel city at sea. But there's something special about this 951-foot long vessel. The Caribbean Princess has quietly undergone a complete digital overhaul over the past year, and its been outfitted with some first-of-its-kind technology that will soon be rolled out across the company's entire fleet of Medallion-class ships.
Carnival Corporation, owner of the high-end cruise line best known among (and frequented by) the older generation of passengers who remember the brand from the hit '80s TV show The Love Boat, has outfitted the entire Caribbean Princess cruise ship with sensors, 4K touchscreens, and other connected devices to support a new interactive platform called PlayOcean.
Cruise ship passengers can interact with their own customizable 3D avatar, called a Tagalong, that's connected to the wearable Medallion on their wrist. The passenger's location on the ship is tracked using thousands of sensors built into the environment, and the Tagalong appears on nearby screens as the passenger walks around.
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