MediaMation Sets Sail at South Korea’s National Maritime Museum
Joe Kleiman
Los Angeles, CA, USA — MediaMation, Inc, a leading provider of 4D/5D theaters, has installed a 60-seat X4D® Motion EFX turnkey theater in the newly constructed National Maritime Museum, in Busan, South Korea, in conjunction with Visual Science Laboratory Korea Inc (VSLK). The turnkey theater includes 60 motion effects seats with 3DOF motion, seat transducers, built-in leg and neck ticklers, air and water blasts, and atmospheric effects including wind and strobes. Included in the turnkey installation by MediaMation is a state-of-the-art screen, projection and sound system in the newly constructed auditorium. A custom stereoscopic 3D CG film, “Battle of the Abyss,” (11-minutes) was produced by VSLK specifically for the venue.
The National Maritime Museum opens this month in Busan, South Korea. The four-story structure is located on Yeong-do Island includes a project exhibition hall, an X4D® Motion EFX theater, a children’s museum, and is the nation’s only dedicated maritime museum with five permanent exhibition halls and 11,000 items in its collection. The museum intends to celebrate Korea’s maritime history to visitors of the Expo 2012 Yeosu Korea, the international exposition that runs through August 12, 2012.
About MediaMation
MediaMation, Inc. is an interactive attraction technologies company and a worldwide, leading supplier and manufacturer of 4D/5D motion EFX theaters and seats. For over twenty years the company has designed and implemented creative solutions for theme parks, museums, science centers, aquariums, FEC’s, and interactive rides, shows and exhibits based on their award-winning software and hardware products. MediaMation’s core offerings besides the X4D® Motion EFX product lines include systems integration, audio/video, lighting, robotics, motion simulation and computer control to innovative engineering involving show action and control. www.mediamation.comwww.x4dexperience.com
