Following on from https://alex.lemmy.ca/lemmy.ca/comment/16014727
In almost every scifi-action movie of the 90s, there appears an exercise machine (?) with three concentric rings, and you strap into the middle and spin around in all directions. IIRC the outside ring is immobile and upright, while the inner two move on different axes, so the user can spin any which way.
Universal Soldier, Fortress, Drive and a bunch more had it, but I don’t have screenshots.
So I’ve posted my terrible attempt at drawing what I mean. (Either that or the logo for my new political movement.)
Anyone know what it’s called?
And whatever happened to it? It’s the future now, why aren’t we all spinning around in every direction, in between sessions on our hoverboards and flying cars?
What car is that logo for
MerMANcedes Benz
doesn’t look like exercise to me
I think they used one in Gattaca, which makes sense since they were training to be astronauts.
This sounds like what you’re after :)
Yes! Thanks!
Wikipedia even mentions yet another 90s scifi movie I saw it in recently that I forgot had one (e.g. Lawnmower Man).
They used one in Star Trek Enterprise as well.
Great movie.
Okay, after reading about it. I actually kind of want one.
Because it makes most disoriented and, at worst, sick. I’ve been in one, I don’t have problems with boat sickness or motion sickness and this made me completely lose any sense of my place in reality while spinning. Just awful.
Yeah, I assumed it could awfully disorienting.
Its called the insane-o-flex…
At least in aqua teen hungar force colon movie for theaters thats what its called.
I never saw any other movies with one but your drawing got me to realize aqua teen was obviosly doing a parody of them.
Best part of the entire movie had me dying of laughter before it even started…
I like your booty, and I’m not gay.
I’m going to have that damn song stuck in my head all night.
Jiggle jam, puddin cups.
Looks like it’s called an Aerotrim. I’ve actually been in one of those, it’s pretty cool. Just for fun though, not as training. So I didn’t control any of the movements.
Thanks. How was it?
Pretty fun! It’s been a bit so I can’t really go into detail (my memory is pretty shit lol), but I’d definitely recommend it. Not nearly as nauseating as you’d think it’d be, in my opinion.
Pretty sure that was first implemented as a training thing for either fighter pilots or astronauts to learn to deal with disorienting movements.
It has since become a form or entertainment at carnivals and the like.
Do you mean a gyroscope?
That looks right. Seems the original name is Aerotrim, but maybe that’s trademarked so I guess other companies use names like gyroscope.
Man those things used to be everywhere at events
An aerotrim?
Iirc they were supposed to be used to measure G-forces on a pilot. But, I mean, that came from Hollywood movies so I don’t even know if NASA even actually used these things. They were fun to ride at the local fair, tho.
Invented as a way to alleviate back/spine pain, apparently, according to its Wikipedia page. Pretty cool.
Fr?
I need to get me an aerotrim… 🤔
Pretty sure I saw one on that Temu one time 🙃 how unsafe could it be???..?
There’s a bunch over on Alibaba. they run about $3-$5K… They’re calling them human gyroscopes.
