Augmenting amusement rides with telemetry

Brendan Walker; Holger Schnädelbach; Stefan Rennick Egglestone; Angus Clark; Tuvi Orbach; Michael Wright; Kher Hui Ng; Andrew French; Tom Rodden; Steve Benford

doi:10.1145/1255047.1255070

Augmenting amusement rides with telemetry

Brendan Walker, Holger Schnädelbach, Stefan Rennick Egglestone, Angus Clark, Tuvi Orbach, Michael Wright, Kher Hui Ng, Andrew French, Tom Rodden, Steve Benford

Department of Computer Science

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Abstract

We present a system that uses wireless telemetry to enhance the experience of fairground and theme park amusement rides. Our system employs wearable technologies to capture video, audio, heart-rate and acceleration data from riders, which are then streamed live to large public displays and are also recorded. This system has been embedded into a theatrical event called Fairground: Thrill Laboratory in which riders are first selected from a watching audience and their captured data is subsequently presented back to this audience and discussed by experts in medical monitoring, psychology and ride design. Drawing on our experience of deploying the system on three contrasting rides, during which time it was experienced by 25 riders and over 500 audience members, we reflect on how such telemetry data can enhance amusement rides for riders and spectators alike, both during and after the ride.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology, ACE 2007
Pages	115-122
Number of pages	8
Volume	203
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/1255047.1255070
Publication status	Published - 23 Aug 2007
Event	4th International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology, ACE 2007 - Salzburg, Austria Duration: 13 Jun 2007 → 15 Jun 2007

Conference

Conference	4th International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology, ACE 2007
Country/Territory	Austria
City	Salzburg
Period	13/06/07 → 15/06/07

Keywords

Accelerometer
Amusement rides
ECG
Electrocardiogram
Fairgrounds
Heart-rate
Physiological monitoring
Spectator interfaces
Telemetry
Theme parks
Thrill
Wireless video and audio

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Software
Human-Computer Interaction
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Computer Networks and Communications

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Augmenting amusement rides with telemetry. / Walker, Brendan; Schnädelbach, Holger; Egglestone, Stefan Rennick et al.
Proceedings of the International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology, ACE 2007. Vol. 203 2007. p. 115-122.

Research output: Chapter or section in a book/report/conference proceeding › Chapter in a published conference proceeding

Walker, B, Schnädelbach, H, Egglestone, SR, Clark, A, Orbach, T, Wright, M, Ng, KH, French, A, Rodden, T & Benford, S 2007, Augmenting amusement rides with telemetry. in Proceedings of the International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology, ACE 2007. vol. 203, pp. 115-122, 4th International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology, ACE 2007, Salzburg, Austria, 13/06/07. https://doi.org/10.1145/1255047.1255070

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