3D/4D/5D
make the experience as real as possible.” Additional effects, which are used in the digital, high-defi nition, 3D The Curse of Skull Rock include aromas and bubbles. A touchscreen panel manages the DMX
show control system. “The operator just selects the fi lm and the controls load the appropriate effects,” says Monkton. To make the theatre earthquake proof,
Simworx created grandstands using tubu- lar steel with a higher tensile strength steel than would normally be used. (The grand- stands also had to be specially designed to fi t into the unusual shaped room – six- sided, instead of the traditional square or rectangle.) Fixtures to the walls were reinforced so they won’t come free eas- ily. While there hasn’t been an earthquake since the theatre was built, it has been put to the test, as Monkton explains: “They’ve had some tremors, but the operator hasn’t mentioned anything coming loose!”
The International Antartic Centre hasn’t had to endure an earthquake yet, but the theatre has survived a few tremors
WATERSHOW T
he world’s fi rst 5D waterpark attraction has opened at Austria’s biggest waterpark
Aquapulco. Designed and built by Kraftwerk, the 5D experience, called Watershow, continues the newly ren- ovated waterpark’s pirate theme. Kraftwerk has taken advantage
of the fact visitors watch the 5D fi lm in their swimwear by incorporating effects involving a lot of water. This is possible thanks to the com-
pany’s specially designed seats and a largely technical-free theatre. Kraftwerk’s managing director
Markus Beyr says: “The new water- park attraction will be one of my focuses for potential waterpark cli- ents around the world. The feedback so far has been phenomenal.”
Visitors to the fi rst 5D waterpark attraction will be thankful of their attire as the effects involve water
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