![]() The price includes a $2.75 premium for 3-D. The cost for senior citizens and children will be $16.50 and $17.25 for matinees. For Harry Potter, the cost will be $19.25 during prime time. The cost is $8 in addition to the price of admission. Theatergoers will have to pay a premium to use the seats, however. “We’re bringing those textures, vibrations and motions into the room to make you part of the film,” Amato said. For example, if watching “Pirates of the Caribbean,” a person could feel the rocking of the boat as well as the firing of a cannon. In addition, various movements can be programmed simultaneously. There are three small motors in the rough shape of a triangle in the seat to control the movements. Theatergoers could set the vibration intensity level as low, medium or high or shut it off altogether.ĭavid Amato, sales engineer for D-BOX, explained that every sensation that the audience felt was manually programmed by engineers, who synchronize what is happening on screen with what the audience feels on a seat. There are jolts when another character falls from the gasoline tanker on top of the car and when the tanker careens off the road and explodes in a fireball. People in the seats could feel the vibrations when he accelerated the car and then are lurched to the side after he slams on the brakes, spinning the car. In the first few minutes of the movie, Diesel’s crew attempts to steal a gasoline tanker but has to abandon the mission. Theater officials on Wednesday showed a five-minute clip of Vin Diesel’s action film “Fast & Furious” that had incorporated the motion technology. It also emits tiny jolts during explosions on screen. The D-BOX “motion code” is available on more than 900 titles, including Blu-ray format and theatrical releases.ĭuring a movie, for example, the seat shakes during explosions and rolls or pitches with the movement of vehicles. The seats use a patented computer code that synchronizes on-screen action to a motion generating system, creating an immersion experience, according to the company’s website. The company also makes the seats for home theaters and games. ![]() “Following one of the company’s most successful years to date, interest from new theater exhibitors, both foreign and domestic, remains strong and we are very pleased to announce a first location in the New York area,” he said. Company CEO Claude McMaster said the contract with Zurich shows the growing demand for the new technology both in the North America and overseas. Theaters already offer 3-D and surround sound and a new high-tech digital projection system called Sony 4-K.ĭ-BOX Technologies of Longueuil, Quebec, manufactures the MFX chairs. “We’re presenting a completely new way to experience movies and expect the D-BOX tickets to be extremely popular,” he said. Zurich Cinemas plans to introduce 21 “realistic motion” theater chairs to its Rotterdam-based cinema in time for the screening of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2.” The highly anticipated movie opens July 15 nationwide.Ĭonrad Zurich, president of Zurich Cinemas, said the new technology will help create a first-rate movie-going experience.
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