TMS, Dbox, and FDX

Today my mentor and I started talking about many different pieces of technology used in movie theaters. Other than the obvious projectors and screens there's a wide range of other devices used for movie going entertainment. Media players (TMS) or, Theater Management System, is the basically the heart of modern day theaters. This allows theater runners to schedule when they want their movies to play instead of continuously and manually doing it. It also allows to input subtitles on some movies (foreign films). If the movie was already formatted for it, TMS allows the movie to automatically be played in 3D. Another really great system out there is called FDX, an interactive movie theater. What's amazing about this system is that when you're watching a movie, it makes you feel like you're actually there. Robert gave me an example to make this easier to explain. Take the movie captain Phillips, it takes place in the middle of the ocean. If watching this with FDX you would get water sprayed on you, seats moving with the motion of the ocean, feel the wind, and even smell the ocean. Disneyland also offers this in a ride called Soarin' over California. Lastly, another system like this is called Dbox, which is like FDX except it only allows the moving seats. If you're ever at Great America and go watch the Spongebob flick, you can experience it. When I work with my mentor again I hope to learn more about screens.

Hours:3.5

Total hours:7.5