02-05-2025, 10:46 PM
I'm old enough to remember a number of theme park rides that were little more a 30ft projected video wall and a theater full of seats with a subwoofer in the chair. Nowadays, I've got too many commitments and too little money to drop a couple hundred dollars on a theme park trip very often. What I do have is a dark room and a projector, which made for a great virtual escape during the covid lockdowns.
So it is, welcome to my silly hobby, virtual ride videos! Here's a bunch of official ones from Disney:
And as a bonus, YouTuber ThemeParkGroupie created this virtual ride through, with pre-show of the classic Back to the Future Ride:
One thing I do recommend is downloading any of these videos that you like for home viewing on your projector or TV (or virtual goggles). Here's one website I've used in the past, but there are many:
https://yt1d.com/en139/
A great software tool to download YouTube videos is the aptly named YouTube Downloader hosted on Github:
https://github.com/Tyrrrz/YoutubeDownloader
If you really want to go overboard, you can consider installing FFmpeg and using it to deshake some of the really awesome fan ride-through videos that are available. You might also benefit from the Windows cmd front-end, FFMENU, which works with FFmpeg and has deshake right on the menu in the screenshot.
So it is, welcome to my silly hobby, virtual ride videos! Here's a bunch of official ones from Disney:
And as a bonus, YouTuber ThemeParkGroupie created this virtual ride through, with pre-show of the classic Back to the Future Ride:
One thing I do recommend is downloading any of these videos that you like for home viewing on your projector or TV (or virtual goggles). Here's one website I've used in the past, but there are many:
https://yt1d.com/en139/
A great software tool to download YouTube videos is the aptly named YouTube Downloader hosted on Github:
https://github.com/Tyrrrz/YoutubeDownloader
If you really want to go overboard, you can consider installing FFmpeg and using it to deshake some of the really awesome fan ride-through videos that are available. You might also benefit from the Windows cmd front-end, FFMENU, which works with FFmpeg and has deshake right on the menu in the screenshot.