![]() ![]() In the pre-ride area of the attraction, Simworx supplied effects like smoke, sound, AV projection, and a groundbreaking motion base capable of a 35-ton lift. Each train carriage is fitted with 58 HTC Vive headsets, an array of special effects and a vibrating floor. Simworx worked with Severn Lamb, Figment and HTC on the project, delivering three 58-seat motion-based passenger train carriages and 110 metres (360 feet) of train track. Simworx combined VR and AR technology, grand illusion and live action with motion simulation and advanced dark ride vehicles, central to which is a 20-metre (66-foot) Victorian train carriage – seemingly suspended in mid-air. Park owner Merlin Entertainments approached Simworx to oversee the provision of the ride systems and various ride elements. ![]() The ride is Thorpe Park’s largest single investment to date. Simworx played an integral role in the design, manufacture and installation of the complex 13-minute experience, which plays with guests’ perceptions, pushing them to their psychological limits. ![]() “I firmly believe that this kind of multi-sensory, mind-blowing attraction represents a glimpse of what the future holds for theme parks the world over,” says Brown. The groundbreaking addition to Thorpe Park, near London, is touted as a ghost train reinvented for the 21st century, with Brown himself claiming the multi-million-pound ride would “rewrite the rules of what a theme park attraction can deliver”. The VR content can differ for each person on the rideĭerren Brown’s Ghost Train – one of the most hotly-anticipated attractions in UK theme park history – opened this summer, with Simworx working closely with Merlin Magic Makers to make the illusionist’s mind-bending vision a (virtual) reality. ![]()
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