A rain and fog testing apparatus, comprising a fluid channel that runs between a first fluid shutoff coupler and a second fluid shutoff coupler and has at least one dispersion head fluidly coupled to the fluid channel. A liquid pump can be fluidly coupled to the fluid channel at an output end. A liquid heater may also be fluidly coupled to the system along with a controller that provides electrical control of the first fluid shutoff coupler, the second fluid shutoff coupler, the dispersion head, the liquid pump, and the heater. Further, the second fluid shutoff coupler is capable of fluidly coupling a first fluid channel to a plurality of fluid channels and the controller can adjust the orientation of the first fluid shutoff coupler, the second fluid shutoff coupler, the dispersion head, the liquid pump, and the liquid heater to create a simulation of a plurality of rain or fog events.

A system in accordance with present embodiments includes a ground controller and an unmanned aerial vehicle including communications circuitry configured to transmit signals to and receive signals from the ground controller. The system may also include a vehicle controller configured to execute a flight plan and at least one special effects module. The system may also include a special effects module controller configured to cause the special effect to be activated in response to an activation signal from the ground controller.

Wearable fogging apparatus and methods of their manufacture and use are disclosed. In one embodiment, the wearable fogging apparatus consists of a graphics T-shirt that includes graphics disposed thereon. The graphics may include both a permeable portion, through which gases are able to pass therethrough, as well as a non-permeable portion, through which gases are not able to pass therethrough (or are otherwise able to minimize the theatrical effect of gases passing therethrough). A wearer of the wearable fogging apparatus may then emit a fogging agent into, for example, a non-permeable bladder and the vapor may then seep through permeable portions of the graphics T-shirt thereby producing a theatrical effect. Other fogging apparatus, including non-wearable fogging apparatus, are also disclosed.

A vapor chiller. The vapor chiller includes a chiller vessel configured to store a cooled substance. The chiller vessel includes a plurality of chambers. Each chamber in the plurality of chambers is configured to concentrate the cooled substance at a bottom of the chamber. The vapor chiller further includes a fan coupled to the chiller vessel. The fan is configured to direct vapor through the chiller vessel across the cooled substance in the bottoms of the chambers.

A system may comprise a fog generating unit configured to generate fog; a fog distributing unit comprising: an intake component configured to receive the fog generated by the fog generating unit, a fog manifold configured to receive the fog from the intake component and separate the fog into a plurality of fog portions, a fog laminar assembly comprising a plurality of laminar portions configured to receive the plurality of fog portions and generate a plurality of laminar flows of fog using the plurality of fog portions; and a plurality of light sources configured to illuminate the plurality of laminar flows of fog to create a plurality of images, of an item, on the plurality of laminar flows of fog.

A safety system for a battery-powered fog generator is described, designed to operate on a vaporization coil (2) of a fogging fluid; the safety system includes: a fuse wire (1), each placed at one end of the coil (2), suitable for heating both due to a Joule effect and through heat coming from the coil (2) by thermal conduction, the fusible wire (1) being therefore designed to melt when its temperature exceeds a melting threshold value, interrupting the power supply from the battery to the coil (2); a sensor (6) designed to detect the temperature of the coil (2) when current flows in it; and a control unit (7) operatively connected to the sensor (6).

A fog environment forming apparatus includes a spraying portion that discharges atomized water for forming a fog environment, and a blower that suctions air containing the atomized water discharged from the spraying portion and causes the air containing the suctioned water to flow out toward a subject while mixing the air. The blower is configured to cause the mixed air to flow out toward the subject within a height range of the subject.

A steam effect nozzle includes a housing section configured to receive a fluid having a mixture of steam and liquid condensate and baffles disposed in the housing section. The baffles are configured to separate the steam of the fluid from the liquid condensate of the fluid, enable the steam to travel from a first end wall of the housing section to a second end wall of the housing section, and bias the liquid condensate of the fluid toward a sloped lower surface of the housing section, the sloped lower surface sloping downwardly from the second end wall toward the first end wall. The steam effect nozzle also includes a nozzle outlet adjacent to the second end wall of the housing section, where the nozzle outlet is configured to output the steam to an external environment.

There is disclosed a modular sensory platform for generating an experience for a guest on the platform located on an event floor of a venue. At least one deck module may each include a frame with a bottom side for mounting to the event floor, a side edge bordering the frame, and a standing surface opposite the bottom for supporting the guest. Lift actuators may be positioned along the side edge or under the deck for changing a distance between the event floor and the standing surface according to a lift signal. One or more sensory stimuli each receivable of a stimulus signal may be mounted to the frame and include at least one of a vibration buzzer, a low-frequency transducer, smoke effects, a heater, a water spritzer, air and scent lines, an air blaster and scent emission, a haptic device, fiber optic lighting, LED lighting, and a fog unit.

An attraction system of an amusement park includes an observation area, a primary area, a primary real object, a reflective component positioned to create a reflection of the primary real object, and a secondary area. The controller is configured to release the primary real object, wherein the reflective component reflects imagery of the primary real object in motion, thereby creating a virtual object that appears to be moving toward a guest within the secondary area.