Universal Destinations & Experiences has published a patent for a new technology to allow guests to customise a ride experience.
First reported by Orlando Inno, the patent is titled ‘Choreographed Ride Systems and Methods’ and describes a system to “provide a customized rider experience that allows the rider to at least partially determine/control the ride path”.
The ride vehicle includes “a control system configured to control the coordination of movements of the ride vehicle with movements of separate ride vehicles”, the patent says.
Riders could control the intensity of their experience, it adds: “The input provided by the rider may include a desired rider experience, such as a desired intensity level of the ride system.”
Control the ride path and intensity
The description: “A ride vehicle includes a riding assembly configured to carry a rider, a base configured to couple to the riding assembly, and a control system configured to control the coordination of movements of the ride vehicle with movements of separate ride vehicles.
“The base includes a surface movement system configured to move the ride vehicle along a surface, a vertical movement system configured to move the riding assembly vertically relative to the base, and a roll system configured to move the riding assembly angularly relative to the base.”
The new technology could be used at Universal Orlando’s upcoming fourth gate, Epic Universe, which opens next year.
Universal regularly files patent applications. Recent filings were for a wearable device that serves as an interactive way-finder, and technology that could generate realistic images at theme parks through “retroreflection”.
Another Universal filing describes a technology to improve virtual reality (VR) rides at its theme parks by including physical reactions in a virtual world.
Other recent filings include a patent for a wearable device to enhance interactive experiences, and technology that could improve augmented reality (AR) experiences in parks.
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