Motion-Activated Theater Seats to Create Thrilling Movie Experience in Minnesota

[anon]

On May 21, moviegoers at the Theatres at Mall of America™ in Bloomington, Minn. will feel like they are living the action on the screen as they view the new feature film "Terminator Salvation" from their own motion-activated seat. Mall of America® will be the first theater in the state and the fourth in the nation to feature this thrilling new dimension in movie viewing.

This breakthrough new D-BOX Motion Code™ technology was installed at the Theatres by D-BOX, Mall of America and the Burnsville, Minn.-based company Dsinema, a systems integration division of The Resource Group, Inc. http://www.visualsentrik.com.

Moviegoers will encounter gripping explosions and suspenseful fight scenes as each seat moves "in perfect sync" with the onscreen action; creating an unmatched immersive experience. With its unique, patented technology, D-BOX Motion Code™ uses programmed motion effects embedded and specially programmed for each film, which are sent to a motion generating system integrated in a platform or a seat. While audience members will experience motion during action sequences, the seats will remain still during quieter scenes. It also comes equipped with adjustable settings so individuals can customize the experience.

Motion-Activated Theater Seats to Create Thrilling Movie Experience in Minnesota

[slikrapid]

i thought going to the movies was a relaxation thing, this sounds like much stress, seat belts and paper bags for sickness required, maybe a good tactics to restrain people from eating & drinking during the movie viewing as they may end up soaked in their food & drinks

i remember seeing something like that some time ago, i think it was called RumbleRama or something like that, not sure if it was a real thing or a movie stunt

[anon]

i remember seeing something like that some time ago, i think it was called RumbleRama or something like that, not sure if it was a real thing or a movie stunt

Do you mean this?
Sensurround - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[slikrapid]

Sensurround is a process developed in the 1970s by Universal Studios to enhance the audio experience

its not that, as far as i remember the movie had a longer scene where we saw a cinema audience being presented with a breakthrough 'fantastic experience' system that included moving seats and all kinds of effects...in the end the system got overloaded and broke apart (with the cinema too, i think)

the system had a hilarious name, like RumbleRama!!!