The IMAX Experience is the world's most powerful and involving film experience. With breathtaking images up to eight stories high and wrap-around 12,000-watt digital sound, IMAX technology takes you to places only imagined.
Climb the daunting heights of Everest. Experience the weightlessness of space. See the Rolling Stones larger than life. Dive into the undersea world of the most fearsome great white sharks. Slam-dunk with Michael Jordan.
Only IMAX technology lets you feel like you're really there.
The IMAX Experience is as unique and powerful as the technology behind it.
Images of immense size and striking clarity. Sound so clear and deep you can feel it. Giant screens that immerse you in new worlds. And specially designed theatres that transport you there. Only IMAX state-of-the-art technology creates The IMAX Experience. IMAX technology is the most powerful film technology in the world. This is how it works......
IMAX Cameras and Film
IMAX cameras are specifically designed to shoot 15 perforation, 70 mm film (15/70) - the world's largest film format. Weighing between 42 and 100 pounds, these cameras are extremely versatile and can be used in virtually any environment. They have been to space, explored the ocean floor, summitted Mt. Everest and traveled the globe.
IMAX Projectors and Film
IMAX projectors are the most powerful in the world. The key lies in the Rolling Loop technology which advances the film in a wave-like motion at 24 frames per second. During projection, each frame is positioned on fixed registration pins and a vacuum holds the film flat against the rear lens element. When combined with IMAX 15/70 film they project images of immense size, sharpness and clarity.
IMAX Screens and Sound
To complete the effect of the multi-channel, IMAX digital surround sound system, the huge IMAX flat screens and dome screens are perforated with thousands of tiny holes to allow the crystal clear sound to flow through freely.