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The Sensorium

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The Sensorium is regarded the world's first 4D film and was first screened in a Six Flags theme park in Baltimore in 1984. [1] It was produced in partnership with Landmark Entertainment.[2]

Description

The 4D film included multiple track discrete sound system, bodysonic seats and Scent-a-Vision (a series of smells released in sync with the film). The story told a series of American pastimes around the turn of the twentieth century and was narrated by a brilliant inventor named Phineaas Flagg. The film used the ArriVision over/under 3D film system. The film was only showing at Six Flags Power Plant theme park. [2]

References

  1. ^ http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/cinema-with-a-new-dimension-20111006-1la3c.html#ixzz3Ci7Na2Cx]
  2. ^ a b Zone, Ray. 3-D Revolution: The History of Modern Stereoscopic Cinema.