InPark Magazine: A new chapter in immersive ride technology has opened at Huis Ten Bosch Theme Park in Nagasaki. On September 12, the park debuted Air Cruise The Ride, a state-of-the- art flying theater designed and delivered by Brogent. The attraction marks a major step forward for Japan’s themed entertainment market and showcases the company’s ongoing innovation in motion simulation and visual technology.
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While I never really go to amusement parks I find this stuff pretty cool how rides have evolved over time. I don’t think anyone really thought back when amusement parks first opened that their rides would involve a giant LED screen to simulate movement. Anytime I have gone to amusement parks I would see projections used instead and sometimes it wasn’t the greatest quality. Most likely because the projector was too far away which caused the brightness to be much dimmer than it should have been. However, when I have gone to amusement parks I’ve never been on a ride like this one, but I do think many other kinds of rides can benefit from incorporating LED rather than projections. If I ever go back to one, I’ll be sure to find a ride similar to this to find out for myself how top notch this technology is.
Air Cruise The Ride sounds incredible. It sounds very much like Soarin’ at Disney World, and I’m still not entirely sure what the difference is technologically speaking. This being the first flying theatre with an 8K LED dome screen in Japan is self-evidently a milestone, but I’m wondering: toward what? The theatre of spectacle is growing globally. That being said, it is still a cool experience. Additionally, the lower maintenance and long-term sustainability is certainly a net positive. I like the mindset that the company took in its collaboration with Huis Ten Bosch - this being a seamless combination of storytelling and technology. It seems to be that the individual pixel controllability was a crucial part of this. Before this article, I had never heard of Brogent. I took the opportunity to look into the company a bit more beyond the article. They advertise essentially the same product with different stories to tell.
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