D-box seats, which move in tandem with the onscreen action, are to be introduced in 30 British cinemas
The first audible "oh!" came less than a minute in. On screen, an aerial battle was raging above the planet Barsoom, and in the middle of screen 11 at Cineworld in Glasgow, city centre Alana Porter and her 12-year-old son, Nathan, were shaking in their seats.
The pair were among a small group of movie buffs to try out what is claimed to be the UK's first 4D cinema experience, at a screening of the Disney action film John Carter.
Thirty-five of the shifting and vibrating D-box seats have been fitted in the Glasgow cinema, the UK's busiest. Five more British cinemas will get the technology in coming months, including the O2 Greenwich, and 24 more at a later stage.
"At first, I thought, ooh, what's coming next?" said Porter. "But it does help you feel part of the action.
The first audible "oh!" came less than a minute in. On screen, an aerial battle was raging above the planet Barsoom, and in the middle of screen 11 at Cineworld in Glasgow, city centre Alana Porter and her 12-year-old son, Nathan, were shaking in their seats.
The pair were among a small group of movie buffs to try out what is claimed to be the UK's first 4D cinema experience, at a screening of the Disney action film John Carter.
Thirty-five of the shifting and vibrating D-box seats have been fitted in the Glasgow cinema, the UK's busiest. Five more British cinemas will get the technology in coming months, including the O2 Greenwich, and 24 more at a later stage.
"At first, I thought, ooh, what's coming next?" said Porter. "But it does help you feel part of the action.
- 3/10/2012
- by Kirsty Scott
- The Guardian - Film News
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