"This is a system in which you can experience visuals that you have never seen before." The experimental technology was unveiled to Japanese media for the first time on Tuesday before a scheduled showing at Japan's Digital Content Expo 2017 in October. Its name refers to the screen's super-high definition 8K technology, which is 16 times more detailed than most current HD images.
Wonder Vision co-developed the system with Japan-based NHK Enterprises and NHK Media Technology - both affiliated with public broadcaster NHK - and RecoChoku Labo. The space ride was first showcased at SXSW 2017, a major conference on convergence in the interactive, film and music industries, in Austin, Texas in March. The system features a hemispherical theatre known as Sphere 5.2 - a screen 5.2 metres (17 feet) wide, 3.4 metres tall and 2.6 metres deep.
Copyright Agence France-Presse, 2017