D-Box
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D-BOX Technologies is a Canadian company that produces motion simulation systems
Motion simulator
A motion simulator or motion platform is a mechanism that encapsulates occupants and creates the effect/feelings of being in a moving vehicle...

 and control devices that work with supporting movie and game titles to provide motion to viewers. D-BOX motion systems exist for home entertainment, gaming, commercial viewing as well as OEM
Original Equipment Manufacturer
An original equipment manufacturer, or OEM, manufactures products or components that are purchased by a company and retailed under that purchasing company's brand name. OEM refers to the company that originally manufactured the product. When referring to automotive parts, OEM designates a...

 applications.

The company posted $4.4 million in revenue and a $5.3 million net loss
Net income
Net income is the residual income of a firm after adding total revenue and gains and subtracting all expenses and losses for the reporting period. Net income can be distributed among holders of common stock as a dividend or held by the firm as an addition to retained earnings...

 in fiscal 2009 (ending March 31, 2009).

D-BOX Technologies is based in Longueuil
Longueuil
Longueuil is a city in the province of Quebec, Canada. It is the seat of the Montérégie administrative region and sits on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River directly across from Montreal. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census totaled 229,330, making it the third largest city in...

, Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

.

Movie theatre

Selected movie theatres in USA and Canada are equipped with motion seats. The first movie to support D-BOX motion code was Fast & Furious released on April 3, 2009.

Home theatre

A standalone motion controller box or a PC based motion controller reads information about a movie title directly from the disc or by using "motion code" provided from an active Internet connection and relays motion signals to connected motion-equipped seats. Currently the system supports a library of around 1,000 movies.

Many studios now support D-BOX technology by adding motion code to select Blu-ray titles:
  • Fox
    Fox Entertainment Group
    The Fox Entertainment Group is an American entertainment industry company that owns film studios and terrestrial, cable, and direct broadcast satellite television properties...

     began supporting D-BOX in 2006
  • Lionsgate as of November, 2007
  • Disney
    Walt Disney Pictures
    Walt Disney Pictures is an American film studio owned by The Walt Disney Company. Walt Disney Pictures and Television, a subsidiary of the Walt Disney Studios and the main production company for live-action feature films within the Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group, based at the Walt Disney...

     as of December, 2007
  • Sony
    Sony
    , commonly referred to as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan and the world's fifth largest media conglomerate measured by revenues....

     as of March, 2008
  • Blue Underground
    Blue Underground
    Blue Underground is an American company specializing in releasing authoritative editions of cult and exploitation movies on Blu-ray Disc and DVD....

     as of June, 2008
  • Universal Studios
    Universal Studios
    Universal Pictures , a subsidiary of NBCUniversal, is one of the six major movie studios....

     as of November, 2008

Gaming

Racing
  • ARCA Sim Racing
    ARCA Sim Racing
    ARCA Sim Racing is a stock-car racing simulator developed by The Sim Factory LLC, a small American based computer software company devoted to the production of racing simulation software. The game simulates the 2008 ARCA RE/MAX season.- Overview :...

  • DiRT
    Dirt
    Dirt is unclean matter, especially when in contact with a person's clothes, skin or possessions when they are said to become dirty. Common types of dirt include:* dust — a general powder of organic or mineral matter...

  • DiRT 2
  • F1 2010
    F1 2010 (video game)
    F1 2010 is a BAFTA Award–winning video game based on the 2010 season of the Formula One world championship. It is the sequel to the 2009 video game based on the same series. The game was released in September 2010 on the Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 platforms. It has sold 2.3...

  • GP Bikes
  • GRID
    Race Driver: GRID
    Race Driver: Grid is the most recent addition to the TOCA Touring Car series, which is published and developed by Codemasters...

  • GTR Evolution
    GTR Evolution
    GTR Evolution is an expansion pack to Race 07 developed by SimBin, published by Atari in Europe and Viva Media in the United States. It was released worldwide for digital download on Steam on September 1, 2008. It is also available for purchase in many countries in a DVD boxed version.- Overview...

  • iRacing
  • Live for Speed
    Live for Speed
    Live for Speed is a racing simulator developed by a three person team comprising Scawen Roberts, Eric Bailey, and Victor van Vlaardingen. The main focus is to provide a realistic racing experience for the online multiplayer game and to allow single player races against AI cars...

  • Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
    Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
    Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit can refer one of several racing video games in the Need for Speed series:* Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit by EA Canada released in 1998* Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 by EA Black Box released in 2002...

  • Need for Speed: Shift
    Need for Speed: Shift
    Need for Speed: Shift is the 13th installment of the long-running racing video game franchise Need for Speed; published by Electronic Arts. It was announced in December 2008 as part of a three-game announcement that includes Need for Speed: Nitro and Need for Speed: World...

  • Need for Speed: Undercover
    Need for Speed: Undercover
    Need for Speed: Undercover is the 12th installment of the popular racing video game series Need for Speed, developed by EA Black Box and published by Electronic Arts . It was released on PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation Portable, Nintendo DS, and mobile...

  • Nitro Stunt Racing
    Nitro Stunt Racing
    Nitro Stunt Racing is a Racing game developed and edited by GameSeed in 2007 on PC.-Gameplay:Nitro Stunt Racing invents a new racing discipline: the Formula Jet....

  • Race 07
  • Race On
    Race On
    Race On is an expansion pack to RACE 07 developed by SimBin and adds the 2008 World Touring Car Championship season, the International Formula Master series and some American Muscle Cars in both road and race-tuned versions to RACE 07. It was released internationally on October 16, 2009...

  • rFactor
    RFactor
    rFactor is a computer racing simulator, designed with the ability to run any type of four-wheeled vehicle from street cars to open wheel cars of any era. rFactor aimed to be the most accurate race simulator of its time...

  • STCC: The Game
  • Superleague Formula
    Superleague Formula
    Superleague Formula is an open wheel single seater motor racing formula, which started in 2008, at Donington Park in the United Kingdom. The league introduced team sponsorship by association football clubs. It goes by the saying 'The Beautiful Race: Football at 300 km/h'. By 2011 the link with...

  • TC2000 Racing
  • Top Race
  • Truck Racing by Renault Trucks
  • World Racing Series
  • WRC: FIA World Rally Championship
  • X-Motor Racing
  • Virtual Grand Prix 3


Flight simulator
  • DCS: Black Shark
  • Microsoft ESP
  • Microsoft Flight Simulator X
    Microsoft Flight Simulator X
    Microsoft Flight Simulator X, also known as FSX, is the latest version of Microsoft Flight Simulator after Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004...

  • X-Plane


First person shooter
  • Battlefield 2
    Battlefield 2
    Battlefield 2 is a computer game by the Swedish developer Digital Illusions CE . During development, Trauma Studios contributed to the development of the game after it was acquired by DICE...

  • Crysis Warhead
    Crysis Warhead
    Crysis Warhead is a science fiction first-person shooter computer game developed by the studio Crytek Budapest, Hungary, and published by Electronic Arts. Crysis Warhead is a stand-alone expansion game and does not require Crysis installed to play...


See also

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