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Article #2978TECH: Simulated motion effects used by the Disney crowd
From: Geoff Thomas
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1993 22:03
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1993 22:03
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Does anyone know where I could get info on the technique that the Disney people use in their fun parks for simulating motion? The system I'm describing works something like this: Users sit down in front of a small movie screen in a special theatre. The seats aren't fixed to the floor as such, but move in sharp jolts up/down/left/right etc. as the action on screen is presented. The net effect is that the viewers' eyes tell them they are moving, and their inner ear balance thingy also tells them that they are moving, resulting in a very realistic experience (so I've heard). Does anyone know where I could get more info on how these things work, and some of the parameters that are required (such as how quickly to move the viewer, and how much to move them). Cheers, Geoff Thomas geoffrey@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz Computer Science Dept. University of Canterbury Private Bag +-------+ Christchurch | Oook! | New Zealand +-------+
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!wupost!usc!rpi!usenet.coe.montana.edu!news.u.washington.edu!stein.u.washington.edu!hlab From: geoffrey@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz (Geoff Thomas) Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds Subject: TECH: Simulated motion effects used by the Disney crowd Date: 05 Jan 1993 22:03:05 +0000 (GMT) Organization: University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand Lines: 30 Approved: cyberoid@milton.u.washington.edu Message-ID: <1ikvmiINNg73@shelley.u.washington.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: stein.u.washington.edu Originator: hlab@stein.u.washington.edu