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Did the earth move?

12 May 2001

Feel the ground shake in your own home as you watch T. rex run
across the screen in Jurassic Park, courtesy of a Canadian company
called D-Box. The company has created the Odyssée Motion Simulator. Four
actuators lift, rock and shake your chair in sync with the action on the screen.
The program for creating the motion is stored on a CD that the company provides
to accompany ordinary movie DVDs. So you too can feel seasick as massive waves
pummel the boat in The Perfect Storm…

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