Home Theater Motion Platform

That’s pretty cool. I’ve never seen one before.

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

I have heard of wiring the sound into the chairs for vibration, but this is new to me.

-- Maplewood, MN

I had a hunch you also were a mad scientist! Gotta go check this out.

-- Bob Vila would be so proud of you!

*My wife says I can’t hang around with you anymore. :(

-- Bob Vila would be so proud of you!

Dude, do you ever sleep? Not only do you have a lot of complicated design builds, but you have a lot of complicated design builds also. I’m happy with one post a week, but you keep turning them out. Wow!

-- so much wood, so little time. Bradford.

Wuddoc,

There is no end to your creative an innovative ideas. I had never heard of one of these either. Wonderful idea but I doubt that I could handle it without a dose of Dramamine.

As always thanks for the post.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

That’s cool. Does it also make popcorn?

With the movies I watch it wouldn’t get much activity.

Lee

-- No piece is cut too short. It was meant for a smaller project.

Where’s my dramamine? That does look kinda cool, but considering my likeliness to get car sick when I am not driving, this is one thing I better not spend my money on.

Great job though, and keep up the good work.

-- -- Rob Hix, King George, VA

Thanks for the comments.

At first I thought I would have problems as boats rocking and airplanes tilting make me very queasy.

The d-box system only works when your “inside” with the actor so there is no continuous movement throughout the movie only at certain times. Let’s see if I can explain.

In the Matrix Reloaded (II) motorcycle scene when you see her riding the motorcycle the platform is still but when you appear to be riding on the motorcycle with her then the platform tilts right and left.

In the Transporter (I) when he jumps over the wall the bridge and the car lands on the auto carrier the platform front goes up while the back actuators go down sharply, but this only happens during the time the film has you inside the car as a passenger. Then as the car clears the rail all four actuators are slowly moving and you feel like you are floating in the air. Sort of like jumping on a trampoline and as you are up in the air and coming down you are trying to balance yourself to land correctly and not end up bouncing off the trampoline.

You can adjust the the actuators overall movement by setting the software program from 100% down to zero. You also can control the quickness of the actuator movement by turning the volume up or down.

This is not a acoustical unit like some systems are which only vibrate on certain frequencies or a Butt-kicker system that causes the chair to bump depending on the frequency and audio volume.

-- Wuddoc

amazing.
and how does it know when to do its stuff?
That would be freaky—sitting there enjoying the movie, forgetting about the special effects and then … pow you’re tilting..
very cool.
I want to visit! lol

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

“Holy crap” ... I’m still trying to get the time to stop flashing on my VCR…... That’s amazing.

-- Brian's Table Top Toys http://home.mountaincable.net/~bgraham/

Oh, I love it!
What will it do in Transporter 2 when he spins the car upside down to take the bomb off the bottom of the car?
Oh, right. Nothing. You are outside at the time.
Dang. There goes the popcorn!
Russellville is about 3 hours away. Do you give tours?

Lee

-- No piece is cut too short. It was meant for a smaller project.