com) “Star Tours” will take you to the far regions of space aboard the “StarSpeeder 3000” (the simulator) for the battle against the “Death Star.” Another thrilling ride simulator is the “Back to The Future” ride at “Universal Studios, Hollywood California” (www.universalstudios.com). Instead of taking you to the outer regions of space, this ride takes you on a journey through time from the future to the past and then back to the present. There is another difference between these two simulators: the film screen. Both of them use the “IMAX” film format : 15-perforation, 70 mm, which gives new meaning to the word “Big Wide Screen.” In “Star Tours”, the screen is mounted onto the simulator while in “Back To The Future”, the screen is not. This screen is stretched around in a sphere dome shape to cover eight simulators per room. Ride simulators and rollercoasters are running neck to neck in the entertainment field. Rollercoasters progressed from the “Russian Mountain” to “The Boomerang” at a “Six Flags Theme Park.” Ride Simulators have come a long way from NASA’s training tools to major theme park attractions. NASA still uses motion simulation to train astronauts for space as so do commercial corporations for their own purposes. Today, there are about 300 rollercoasters and about 10 major motion simulation rides in existence in the U.S., each offering its own creation of a one-of-a-kind thrill ride made by science but created for fun. Rollercoaster designers are limited by what is physically possible, however, ride film moviemakers have discovered that the only limitation is their own imagination. ...
