![]() ![]() ![]() When multiple vibrations are layered on top of each other, for example - say when a rumbling tank fires off a shot and you feel the shell exploding - D-Box encoders take care to avoid harmonic distortions by keeping vibration frequencies at least an octave apart, Auclair said. “We’ve evolved so much, it feels so much better now.” The company’s experience stretches back to the time it made motion seats for wealthy home theater owners along with industrial-grade car and flight simulators. “We are 15 years ahead of them,” said motion artist Jesse Auclair, during a visit to D-Box’s encoding studio in Burbank. The range of motion is more subtle, though the company argues it’s also more refined than newer entrants. While the less-expensive installation cost has helped D-Box grow quickly at theaters, there’s no snow, fog, scents or strobe lights. However, its seats only sway, vibrate and jostle, and are usually placed among non-moving seats in auditoriums. IMAX 3D were D-Box149 The film opened in 1,187 IMAX theaters globally. leads the pack with nearly 330 installations of its “MFX” seats at theaters worldwide, including three in Metro Detroit: Emagine Royal Oak, Emagine Novi and Emagine Rochester Hills. at the El Capitan Theatre 144145 in Los Angeles on October 10, 2017. Another company, Torrance, California-based MediaMation Inc., has outfitted about two dozen theaters worldwide with its similar “MX4D” system, but there’s just one in the U.S. ![]() who come for the theme parks and studio tours and drop by the 4DX theater for another thrill, he said.ĤDX is backed by Korean conglomerate CJ Group, which has set up 170 theaters in 33 countries, but just one in the U.S. The setup has helped attract visitors to L.A. Live, says the 100-seat auditorium that was retrofitted with the 4DX system last June has tripled its revenues, thanks both to greater attendance and the $8 ticket upcharge, not to mention the $4 add-on if the movie is also shown in 3-D. Shelby Russell, vice president of marketing for L.A. IMAX 3D were D-Box 149 The film opened in 1,187 IMAX theaters globally. It’s one way for theater owners to offer something that can’t be experienced at home for the average fan. at the El Capitan Theatre 144145 in Los Angeles on October 10, 2017. With the summer movie season in full swing, movies like “San Andreas,” “Jurassic World,” “Ant-Man” and “Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation” are being programmed by motion artists with the bumps and sways necessary for the seats to come to life. ![]()
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