Apparatuses, methods, systems, and techniques for providing special effects wirelessly using a device plugged into a standard electrical outlet are provided. Example embodiments provide an apparatus and associated software applications for remote and live control of special effects (hereinafter a Remote Special Effects System, or RSES) using special effect (SE) devices such as individually addressable LEDs, LED strips, fog and smoke machines, and the like. The example RSES described herein comprises one or more SE controller devices that each plug into a standard electrical outlet and are each connected to one or more SE devices. Each SE controller is wirelessly connected to the Internet (or other wide area network) so that it can respond to DMX (or other protocol) commands sent by a remote application by issuing corresponding commands specific to the connected SE device to cause synchronized special effects to occur to an ad-hoc created zone of SE controllers.

A special effect system may include a steam generator, a reheater, and a steam separator configured to generate dry steam. The steam generator is coupled to a show element comprising a one or more compartments. Steam from the steam generator passes through the reheater and the steam separator before entering the one or more compartments such that condensate is removed and cooling of the steam within the system between the steam generator and the show element is remedied.

An instantaneous heater (51) is mounted in a casing (20) of a smoke machine (10). The instantaneous heater (51) includes a heating rod (52), a flow guiding member (131) mounted around the heating rod (52), and an outer tube (64) mounted around the flow guiding member (131). The flow guiding member (131) includes an inner periphery (137) abutting an outer periphery (58) of the heating rod (52). A shallow, rectilinear heating passage (151) is defined in the inner periphery (137) of the flow guiding member (131) to permit a small amount of oil to pass therethrough. The oil can be directly and completely heated and vaporized by the heating rod (52) into smoke.

An ultrasonic atomizer device includes a bottom shell, a fan, a water tank, a water tank cover, an ultrasonic atomizing plate, an outer cover, and a cavity formed among the outer cover, the water tank and the water tank cover. Air flow generated by the fan enters the cavity through two paths. In one of the paths, the air flow enters the water tank through the inner air outlet inside the water tank, and water mist generated by the ultrasonic atomizing plate arranged at the bottom of the water tank is blown into the cavity from the inside of the water tank via the mist discharge grooves on the periphery of the water tank cover; and in the other path, the air flow directly enters the cavity from the air outlet holes at the periphery of the lower side of the water tank.

An adjustable atomizer nozzle assembly includes an assembly body; first and second side nozzle components, including compressed air tubes, liquid tubes, liquid heater, air heater, atomizer nozzles, which are mounted with an impingement angle to create a combined aerosol stream with reduced droplet size. An adjustable atomizer nozzle system includes a nozzle assembly; a mast assembly; a self-coiling line assembly, including a compressed air line, a pressurized liquid line, and a power line; a pressure tank; a compressor; a power supply; a mounting base; and wheels. A nozzle assembly can include one atomizer nozzle with a liquid heater. A method of use includes providing an adjustable atomizer nozzle system, configuring impingement for spraying, spraying a room, configuring impingement for fogging, and fogging the room.

Disclosed is an entertainment-oriented multi-mode experience system featuring a closed rail and a riding vehicle traveling along the closed rail. A screen rail is provided at the side of the closed rail. A screen synchronous moving mechanism corresponding to the riding vehicle and capable of traveling is provided on the screen rail. The screen synchronous moving mechanism includes a rotary support device and a traveling device. A screen is installed on the top of the rotary support device and is capable of performing a 180 pitching motion via a pitch axis, and the rotary support device is installed on the traveling device and is capable of performing a 360 rotation in a horizontal plane. The traveling device can travel along with the riding vehicle synchronously on the screen rail.

Disclosed is a simulator for training in environments confined and/or suspected pollution consists of a container having a base, a roof opposite the base, and short perimeter walls and long with at least one vertical manhole, a horizontal manhole and two safety exits to the outside. The two long perimeter walls delimit a plurality of internal compartments for the exercise of the personnel with equipment that create effects for the training activity, and at least one training activity control, command and management cabin with operator present. The internal compartments for the personnel training are at least partially separated by way of movable walls disposed transversely to the two long perimetral walls. The movable walls have adjustable passage openings through sliding partitions.

The present invention is a bubble, fog, haze, and fog-filled bubble machine. In particular, the present invention is directed to a single unit machine that can produce bubbles, fog, fog-filled bubbles or haze. The machine preferably comprises a housing having a front portal, a bubble section, a fog section, and a control interface, where the housing is connected to a power source. The bubble section is located behind the front portal and has a bubble wand motor attached to a rotatable wheel with a number of bubble wands. The bubble wands pass through a bubble fluid reservoir. The fog section is located behind the bubble section and comprises a fog outlet in front of a fan, where the fog outlet is connected to a fog heater core and a fog pump is in turn connected to a fog fluid reservoir. The control interface controls the selection of effects.

A fog or haze machine having a reciprocating emission nozzle is provided. More particularly, a fog generating mechanism is provided that includes a heater for heating a fluid provided by a pump and to emit a fog or haze vapor from the heater to outside of the machine. The nozzle is cyclically moved back and forth along an arcuate path and a wave of fog/haze is continuously emitted from the nozzle in an arc outside the machine, via an elongated slot in which a distal end of the nozzle travels.

Systems, methods, and apparatuses disclosed herein can be implemented as a closed loop feedback system to provide various atmospheric effects. These systems, methods, and apparatuses can regulate these atmospheric effects based on one or more environmental measurements as part of the closed loop feedback system. As part of the closed loop feedback system, these systems, methods, and apparatuses can detect, or measure, one or more physical properties, such as temperature, atmospheric pressure, humidity, wind speed, wind direction, precipitation amount, scent, location, altitude, and/or azimuth to provide some examples. These systems, methods, and apparatuses can compare the one or more physical properties with one or more performance targets of the atmospheric effects and can regulate the atmospheric effects to cause the one or more physical properties to satisfy the one or more performance targets of the atmospheric effects.