Ever swim with a dolphin? Now you can! Without even getting wet!

Swimming with dolphins is one of the most pleasurable experiences you can have, and it has also been shown to be therapeutic.

Cyberfin offers an intimate virtual encounter with a group of friendly and inquisitive dolphins. Its unique combination of neurotechnology stimulation with 3 dimensional video and audio completely immerses you in the watery world of the dolphin. The nonviolent and non-combative content is attractive to men, women, and children.

The Liquid Crystal Floating Transducer Platform housed in Cyberin drives your entire body with high fidelity reproductions of dolphin sounds while facilitating the feeling of floating in water. An Echofone, which reproduces the mechanical skin to water coupling that occurs during an actual dolphin encounter, is employed to simulate the feeling of massive acoustic energy contained in dolphin echolocation. A collimated stereoscopic display, driven with a digital MPEG II playback system, delivers 3D imagery that floats within your visual field.

Cyberfin Immersive Experience

Cyberfin was previewed at SIGGRAPH 94 and was subsequently exhibited at the Third Street Promenade, in Santa Monica, CA, and at the 1996 Summer Olympics, in Atlanta. D. Frerichs, moderator of the Internet SIGGRAPH Review said, "I would like to congratulate Cyberfin's creators for developing an immersive environment which actually triggered an emotional response... you get up with the biggest smile on your face. It was a great achievement in taking technology beyond crude hardware and turning it into a medium of expression."

Throughput
The Cyberfin platform is designed for single attendant operation. Once guests are briefed and shown to the platform the attendant activates a single control. No assistance is necessary until the guest disembarks the ride. The total time required to embark, experience the standard ride, and disembark is 3 minutes, 15 seconds.

Safety
Cyberfin is inherently safe and complies with all applicable electrical safety codes. Cyberfin is designed for heavy use, and all issues of safety and sanitation have been considered. Guests should be prepared for an intense sensory experience. Attendants should be prepared to assist anyone who wishes to discontinue the experience.

Extensibility
All Cyberfin installations include a PC-based 3D image generator, which will be utilized in future software releases. Real-time, interactive 3D computer-generated imagery, alone or overlaid on stereo video, is possible. Future experiences will employ both real-time overlay computer graphics and nonlinear interactive video streams. With the addition of a 6 degree-of-freedom input device (Joyfin), Cyberfin platforms are fully immersive, interactive virtual reality attractions.

Aquathought is in continuous production of new experiences, both linear and interactive, for the Cyberfin platform. Copyright @ 1997 Aquathought Labs. All Rights Reserved. Specifications are subject to change without notice.