If you’ve ever been to an amusement park, or theme park I’m sure you’ve ridden a movie based ride before. The ones where you walk in, and it’s shaped like a movie theater, but the seats will move along with the motions of what’s happening on screen. Imagine something close to that, but having it the luxury of your home theater setup. Plus, it works with movies you already own.

D-Box is the company developing the hardware for this experience. They’ve created an entire line of Home Theater products, catering to different consumers. They have a gaming line as well, that focuses mainly on driving games.

The GPH-120 is the top of the line gaming chair that D-Box manufactures. It cost $2,999, but with a steep price tag it provides a visceral experience like no other. It acts as a hybrid chair, so you can use this for movie viewing as well. It has two motion actuators that pitch, roll, and heave along with what’s happening in-game. The chair comes with a built-in steering wheel, and foot pedals as well.

D-Box has a licensing agreement with Disney, Universal Studios, Sony Pictures, Fox Home Entertainment, Lionsgate, and Blue Underground. So, most of the high profile Hollywood movies will be immediately compatible with D-Box’s products.

If you want to check out more on how it works, you can view a ‘How-To’ video, here.

Here’s a video provided by WebProNews. It’s D-Box’s demonstration at CES 2009, and shows off some more of their products.

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