The Innoventions Dream Home became latest attraction at Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif. Located in Tomorrowland, the Dream Home delivers on Walt Disney’s vision for showcasing cutting-edge technologies that make life better and easier and was created in close collaboration between Disneyland, Microsoft, HP, Life|ware and home-builder Taylor Morrison. The Dream Home demonstrates how technology can be integrated into our lives in a fun, interactive environment.

More than one billion people use Microsoft products around the world, which provides a unique insight into what people are doing and what they want to do — now and in the future. In fact, Microsoft’s Redmond, Wash. headquarters features an ever-evolving “Home of the Future” which is a real-life demonstration of the innovations dreamed up in their research and development laboratories. Disney executives have visited the home many times, so it was natural for the company to partner with Microsoft when Disneyland officials decided to create the Innoventions Dream Home.

“We’re constantly visualizing how tomorrow’s software will transform how we’ll work, play and communicate,” says Craig Mundie, chief research and strategy officer at Microsoft.  “By partnering with Disneyland, we can show people how technology can enrich our lives today, and offer a glimpse of the technologies that will revolutionize homes in the future.”

The Innoventions Dream Home includes a variety of current Microsoft technologies, including:

•	Microsoft Surface
•	Windows Home Server
•	Winows Vista Ultimate
•	Windows Media Center
•	Xbox 360
•	Zune
•	Windows Mobile
•	Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007
•	Windows Live
•	Microsoft Encarta Premium 2008
•	Scene It? Lights, Camera, Action

See the full press release, including videos here.

This sounds like it's worth a trip to Disneyland !

Looks good but Scene it?

Droooool.................

I wouldn't want to leave that house and see the rest of Disney.

Drop that technology into my house, I wouldn't even need a holiday.

Dave Parker MVP:

Looks good but Scene it?

I am TOTALLY useless at XBOX games - but I LOVE Scene-it - such a great family game.

It's certainly a dream house. I wonder how much would the electricity bill be

But then again the type of people who get to live in a house like this wouldn't care about small, tiny, and insignificant things like bills.

Laura Rooke:

Dave Parker MVP:

Looks good but Scene it?

I am TOTALLY useless at XBOX games - but I LOVE Scene-it - such a great family game.

I'm a bit of a 360 junkie, but, at the risk getting thrown out of here by the MS guys, IMHO Buzz is loads better than Scene It. 

As I am going to Disneyland in October, I'll check it out while I'm there. :)