Fox rolling out Blu-ray movies with motion-sensing technology

[BJ_M]

Fox is utilize some of that extra space on a Blu-ray disc with codex's for D-Box motion-sensing furniture. In case you aren't familiar with the 'theme park in your home' chairs, D-Box seats synchronizes the on-screen motion with the the seat. (think the Back to the Future Ride) Their systems start at $3,200 for a universal strap-on system and climb all the way up to $10,000 for their leather recliner, but currently users need to have a box hook'd up to the Internet and their DVD player in order to utilize this system. Not anymore, thanks to these pre-loaded Blu-ray discs from Fox. The plans is to distribute 10 to 30 currently unnamed discs over the next year and D-Box hopes to bring HD DVD and even more studios on board sometime soon. If they can succeed in getting these codex's embedded on the discs, their hope of moving from niche to mainstream will become a reality. A price drop wound't hurt ether.

[mujahid7ia]

Do you have a link? I don't completely understand. Is it a "3-D" ride (but not glasses) on a 2D screen like BttF ride?

[adam]

Basically yeah. Its theatre seating attached to a hydrolic system so it tilts and shakes the chair in conjunction with movement on the screen. The company picks movies and programs the movements themselves and then you download them. There's also an auto mode but I'm sure its not as convincing. But now it will all be on the disc. Good idea since I'm guessing it probably doesn't even take up that much space.

[ozymango]

Not to be (too) crude, but I'm darn curious to see if and when the porno film industry gets hold of this kind of technology. "Universal strap-on system" indeed!

[Nelson37]

So do they just go up and down, or do they go round and round?

[BJ_M]

it is a electric system and is 3dof (degrees of freedom) for the more expensive system

[mujahid7ia]

Basically yeah. Its theatre seating attached to a hydrolic system so it tilts and shakes the chair in conjunction with movement on the screen. The company picks movies and programs the movements themselves and then you download them. There's also an auto mode but I'm sure its not as convincing. But now it will all be on the disc. Good idea since I'm guessing it probably doesn't even take up that much space.

Wow. Who the hell is gonna buy this?

Lol, auto mode, I can already thing of some ridiculous motions that will not correspond at all with what's going on on scren.

[Lucifers_Ghost]

Basically yeah. Its theatre seating attached to a hydrolic system so it tilts and shakes the chair in conjunction with movement on the screen. The company picks movies and programs the movements themselves and then you download them. There's also an auto mode but I'm sure its not as convincing. But now it will all be on the disc. Good idea since I'm guessing it probably doesn't even take up that much space.

Wow. Who the hell is gonna buy this?

To quote field of dreams "if you build it, they will come." People with not enough money and too much time will buy this product. If you market shit in a can the right way, it will sell.