3D/4D/5D GLOBAL IMMERSION V
isitors to the Centre for Life in Newcastle, UK can now experience the region’s only 4D motion ride in
the science centre’s newly upgraded dig- ital cinema, installed by Global Immersion. Currently showing is Hover Chase, a high octane adventure during which hover bikes and their riders vie for poll position in a race that sees them travelling through
tricky terrains and landscapes. During the fi ve-minute fi lm, riders are taken on a journey negotiating hazardous city streets, a pine forest, a disused mine, caves and lakes. The 4D elements include water spray, wind, mist, smoke, smells and mov- ing seats. A 15-minutre Dracula-themed fi lm is planned for the autumn, followed by a Santa Claus movie for Christmas. The seats in the 48-seater theatre are similar to rollercoaster seats with four seats in each pod and a lap bar coming down across the riders. The pods rise 3ft
off the ground when the ride begins. The attraction has six-axis motion, so as well as moving forwards and backwards and side to side, it can move diagonally too, giving a fl uid and natural movement. Global Immersion installed a fully digital cinema initiative (DCI) compliant system complete with the latest high performance digital 3D projectors and 4D effect gen- erators. The company also replaced the screen and upgraded the control system for improved performance of audio, light- ing, media, 4D effects and display systems.
KRAFTWERK LIVING TECHNOLOGIES
Visitors compete on virtual hover bikes at the Centre for Life’s new 4D motion ride
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The 36-seat theatre is one of two attrac-
K SPITZ, INC
inner workings of Earth’s climate sys- tem. Narrated by actor Liam Neeson, audiences follow a trail of energy that fl ows from the sun into the interlocking systems that shape our climate – the atmosphere, oceans, and the biosphere. Using visualisations based on sat-
D
ellite monitoring data and advanced supercomputer simulations, highlights include ultra-high-resolution visualisa- tions of giant eddies spun up by the Gulf Stream, a supercomputer recreation of Hurricane Katrina, microscopic ocean creatures blown up to giant size, and the most detailed recreation of the surface of Venus ever produced.
ynamic Earth is a new, 24-minute, fulldome docu- mentary, which explores the
Dynamic Earth is the result of a two-
year long collaboration between: Spitz Creative Media, which was respon- sible for much of the photorealistic animation in the fi lm, including a micro- to-macro view of the marine food chain; the Advanced Visualization Lab at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of Illinois; NASA’s Scientifi c Visualization Studio; and Thomas Lucas Productions, Inc. The fi lm was produced in associa- tion with the Denver Museum of Nature & Science and NASA Earth Science, which provided access to its cutting- edge databases and global views of ocean currents and sea ice. The NCSA team used topographical
data to inform its Venus visualisation. Artistic choreography, camera paths, colour schemes and cinematic treat- ment show the surface of Venus and demonstrate its truly hellish nature.
tions to be added to the Asian waterpark and is 4D specialist Kraftwerk Living Technologies’ latest development. Created like a traditional 4D theatre, the main spe- cial effect is, unsurprisingly, water, in the form of fountains, water guns, rain and fl at water jets with water being fi red at guests from all directions, even the ceiling. Additional elements are wind, fog,
strobes, lasers, LED lighting and moving seats, which Kraftwerk has enhanced to work in totally wet environments. In coop- eration with Polin, Kraftwerk developed backlit wall and ceiling panels made of fi breglass reinforced plastic. Kraftwerk’s Waterplexx 5D theatre
provides high tech cinema technology including 3D HD projection. However, the main focus is on safe water effects. Using reverse-osmosis systems, UV treatment and, if necessary, heat sanitation ensure no bacteria can survive in the system.
The theatre has waterproof pneumatic motion base and antibacterial seats
raftwerk’s fi rst Waterplexx 5D theatre will open in September at Sunway Lagoon Waterpark in
Topographical data gets the cinematic treatment to show the hellish surface of Venus
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