Showscan plans its own theaters featuring its thrill-ride simulators.

From: Los Angeles Business Journal | Date: July 13, 1992| Author: White, Todd | Copyright information

Seeking their fortune under America's fannies, Showscan Corp. executives are vowing to launch their own circuit of specialty theaters in America to show "thrill rides" that jolt and rock viewers who sit in Showscan-patented hydraulic chairs.

The move represents a new direction for the Culver City company, which previously had only sold its "dynamic motion simulators" to other operators, typically foreign theme parks. The devices twitch in sync with film clips of wild action,...

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