Huss Park Attractions, the German ride manufacturer, has launched the Sky Tower Multimedia.
This combines the highly successful HUSS Sky Tower observation experience with the latest HUSS film-based attraction, the Explorer. It is a world-first and provides a one-of-a-kind experience.
The Sky Tower Multimedia’s ring-shaped passenger cabin lifts and rotates, making it a striking landmark at any site. The attraction moves gently and offers a unique viewing experience. It is a completely inclusive family ride with broad appeal for all ages. Visible from afar, the Sky Tower fulfils a fundamental human yearning to be among the clouds with a ‘bird’s-eye view’.
The Sky Tower Multimedia enhances the trip and experience by immersing passengers in a virtual reality world or presenting customized movie content on an additional level, separated from the actual world by an iris. The custom content could be anything from a deep-sea dive to a voyage to outer space.
Following the movie experience, guests rise to a height of up to 80-meters, enjoying a 360-degree unrestricted view through the full double-curved glass windows as they glide smoothly up and down the structure.
The Sky Tower Multimedia measures 20-meters in diameter and can hold 70 passengers per cycle for a maximum capacity of 1400 people per hour. There are no restrictions, meaning people of all abilities can enjoy the ride. The passenger capsule has a full double-curved laminated safety glass window front, and guests enter and exit simultaneously through two automatic doors.
The innovative capsule design offers passengers unobstructed vistas and a new level of freedom – on arrival, they naturally split into two directions, strolling along the row of seats on both sides of the cabin on a walkway that is broad enough for comfortable access but narrow enough for a steep viewing angle. Guests sit around the cabin on outward-facing seats with a panoramic view.
For ultimate comfort, the interior has air conditioning and direct and indirect LED lighting. Available cabin upgrades include 20 LED head-up displays angled at the front window to present additional content/information during the ride cycle, a high-quality, full-powered audio system with subwoofers under the seats and show effects to enhance the experience. The multimedia upgrade also includes a CCTV camera system.
The adventure begins with a themed pre-show as customers wait at the launch platform to watch the cabin soar upwards or descend into the theatre below. The cabin is smoothly accelerated upwards to a pre-set velocity when all doors are closed. The cabin gently rotates after clearing the entryway, allowing passengers to enjoy the full tower panorama with unrestricted views at increasing heights.
Once at the maximum height, the cabin makes at least one complete circle, giving passengers a stunning 360° view of the surrounding environment.
The tower is a technological marvel. Content onboard can be produced in live-action, CGI (computer-generated imagery), or a combination of both types. Once below the surface, passengers can travel to any location, from the macro to the micro and everything in between, including beneath the sea, through a storm’s eye, into space, back in time to a Jurassic forest, forward in time to a futuristic city, and through some of the most breathtaking scenery on Earth.
Various lighting effects and distinctive surface decorative elements can enhance the Sky Tower’s visual impact. The almost 85-meter cylindrical tower can be illuminated from the base, top, and cabin with coloured spotlights, creating a dynamic spectacle. Multifunctional lighting can make the top spire’s machine room and flagpole stand out. The cabin’s outside circumference below the windows has many independently controllable light spots, enhancing its daylight appearance.
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