P3D Re: "Feeling like you're there" movies

[Greg Kintz <gkintz@xxxxxxxx>]

> I remember a 360° format movie at Disneyland - the breaks due to multiple
> projections were at discreet screen dividers, and the picture-to-picture
> continuity was quite seamless.  The audience stood for this short (approx.
> 20 minute) film and railings ran side-to-side at every row, which I later
> realized were there as grab bars for vertigo-inducing scenes.  Pretty
> well-done!
>
> Vince M

While on the subject of 2-D versions of "feeling like you're there",
I watched (or rode?) an IWERKS Dino Film and Universal's Back to
the Future film, which both used motorized chairs or cars that
moved in sync with the IMAX grade film image.  A great ride!

Universal's "T2-3D" used motorized chairs, but the chairs were
nowhere near as effective as the two above features. (Perhaps they
were afraid that too much movement might shake off one's 3-D glasses!)
But T2-3D made up for that with 70mm@xxxxx 3-D, which had a 3-panel
"Cinerama" type of ending.  ...Excellent!

       -Greg-


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