Theme park enters the 4th dimension

A 4D experience is boosting visitor numbers at one of Europe’s largest theme parks. Futuroscope in Poitiers is showing the film Arthur 4D by celebrated director Luc Besson, promising a realistic and immersive cinema experience. A theme park experience that gets the audience screaming and grinning from ear-to-ear… but this is no rollercoaster. These people are watching Arthur 4D at France’s Futuroscope park near Poitiers.
4D cinema plays a 3D animated film on a 9,700 square foot IMAX screen – but the extra dimension comes from motion effects and other sensory tricks and surprises. The film was created by French director Luc Besson and based on the “Arthur and the Invisibles” film trilogy. “Arthur, the 4D Adventure” immerses its visitors in the fairytale world of Arthur. As the audience enters the IMAX theatre for “Arthur the 4D adventure”, they are entering the world of the “Minimoys”, the movie’s tiny invisible creatures who live a secret underground life in harmony with nature. The two-storey building recreates four different rooms with the sets and the characters of the trilogy “Arthur and the Invisibles”.