# The Sensorium

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This article is about the 1984 film. For similar uses, see [Sensorium (disambiguation)](/source/Sensorium_(disambiguation)).

***The Sensorium*** is regarded the world's first commercial [4D film](/source/4D_film) and was first screened in a [Six Flags](/source/Six_Flags) theme park in [Baltimore](/source/Baltimore) in 1984.[1] It was produced in partnership with [Landmark Entertainment](/source/Landmark_Entertainment_Group).[2]

## Description

The 4D film included multiple track discrete sound system, bodysonic seats and a series of scents released in sync with the film. The story told a series of American pastimes around the turn of the twentieth century and was narrated by the inventor Phineas Flagg - an imaginary turn-of-the-century explorer/scientist/raconteur (modeled after [Phileas Fogg](/source/Phileas_Fogg), [Jules Verne](/source/Jules_Verne)'s literary world traveler character in the novel *[Around The World in Eighty Days](/source/Around_The_World_in_Eighty_Days)*). The film used the [ArriVision](/source/ArriVision) over/under 3D film system. The film was only shown at [Six Flags Power Plant](/source/Six_Flags_Power_Plant) theme park.[2]

## See also

- [Sensorama](/source/Sensorama), one of the earliest known prototype of an immersive, multi-sensory technology

## References

1. Maddox, Garry (6 October 2011). ["Cinema with a new dimension"](https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/cinema-with-a-new-dimension-20111006-1la3c.html). *[The Sydney Morning Herald](/source/The_Sydney_Morning_Herald)*. Retrieved 18 November 2021.

1. Zone, Ray. *3-D Revolution: The History of Modern Stereoscopic Cinema*

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