The Holo Tile Floor is one of Lanny Smoot's latest inventions at Walt Disney Imagineering. Skyler Henry got a look at the @InventorsHOF inductee's proudest achievement. | CBS Mornings

Disney Imagineer Lanny Smoot Demos HoloTile Floor #vr #imagineering #holotile #Holodeck #DisneyTech #technology #disneyimagineering #lannysmoot #vrlocomotion #innovations #InnovativeTech #technews | Shacknews

We honored the Black Inventor, Lanny Smoot, who created the Light Saber and is in the Inventor’s Hall of Fame. The Amazing Black Owned, @urbanforce_phl absolutely made history with a light saber battle on the runway at NYFW Black Brilliance exists in all spaces and we wanted to showcase the diversity of our greatness. Shout out to the BLERD community and to @lucasfilm for our @starwars collab. #ActivelyBlack #StarWars #NYFW #UrbanForces #ThisIsNotAFashionShow | Actively BLACK

Disney’s most prolific inventor, Lanny Smoot, is behind some of the company’s most-advanced technology, including its iconic lightsabers.⁠ (Corrects and updates an earlier post that incorrectly spelled his name as Larry.) ⁠ 🎥 Watch the full video: https://on.wsj.com/3VKidVi | The Wall Street Journal