Earthquake Simulation

Never have experienced an earthquake, but I sure don't have over $100,000 to try out the chair! ^^;

It's a rodeo simulator for indoor use (office).

Wow only $100,000ish? Want! XD She kinda looks like she's riding on a Roomba though ^^;

I've had my earthquake experience before, and it was mostly my bed shaking. And if you're wondering, this was before my manga stacks, which is why I'm still alive today.

THe chair in the image doesn't look like a full scale chair to me, more of a model...

That is an expensive way to experience an earthquake. Years ago I think I went to some educational theme park (if you would call it that) and they had a earthquake simulator in which you stood in a room that rumbled and shakes for a while.

I've never experienced an earthquake and hope to keep it that way. Maybe using the chair could help prepare or better understand what to expect from one?

Not really. There was quite a big one here in England... I think it was last year... during the night. Some people (like myself) didn't notice it, and some acted as if it was the end of the world.
I'm pretty glad we haven't had a HUGE one yet. I don't want my collection having a simultaneous faceplant. XD

Never experienced an earthquake before. But wow, $100,000 for the chair? Pricey! Though, it would look kinda fun trying it out! lol

Why should I experience something terribly that some people lost their families or something like that?
Better spent the money on a car or in Otaku stuff! xD

But for 10,000,000 yen (106,854 USD)the char looks very cheap!

I think I'll conform with watching Tokyo Magnitude ^^;

So what happens if your chair does not have handles on it... ? ;b

I've seen a chair like this, but it was at an adult store *cough*

hahaha, j/k. =)

I would guess that the chair is capable of higher speeds then shown in the vid, given the right surfaces and going by the low center of the chair.
On the other hand the news lady indicated her obliques were sore, there fore, you too can a super abdominal workout for just ten million yen!...I like to look at all the benefits. For the price...why not? :D

I live in California... We actually talked about Earthquakes at work today.... They said we are due for a 7.0 or higher -_-;; There's a 70% chance it will happen in the next 30 years...

using the money for a trip to japan and staying until you experience an earthquake would be cheaper.

I live in California, I'll keep my 100k and just stick with the real deal. ^^;

Hmmm, whou would invest that much money to experience something that could be terrifying and sure to come once eventually while you live in Japan >.> ?

Sign me up!
There are never any earthquakes here

I think it would be more worth it to spend however much on a plane ticket, fly to Universal Studios in Hollywood or Florida, and go on the Earthquake ride there.

I've been in a couple of small real ones those were bad enough so I think I'll pass on simulating a big one.

Never been in an earthquake, seems like an interesting, if frightening experience.

naaaah... I'll spend a $100,000 if its a real holo-deck simulation like in star trek ^^

Im from Chile. The place that holds the record for "biggest and baddest earthquake on history", and I've been in a few ones (a big one in 1985). Some people are really scared of them, and run to the streets even at the tiniest shake. Now, Im a little worried, beacuse in our capital city, after the big one in 1985 there hasnt been any "big" ones, so I'm not sure how the newest building will react (office building with lots of glass curtain walls)... Here we have a lot of engineers studying them (as in Japan) and I saw one a very big table that does the same thing this one here do :)

If I had that much money, I wouldn't spend it on a chair.

I Have experienced 2 magnitude 3%4 i think those were one of the most scariest seconds in my life x_x.

I think I'd rather spend that money to earthquake my house. >..<

with that amount of money, you can move to Japan and experience "real" earthquake sometimes. you can't decide the magnitudes though ^^

Actually, I have. Back in the late 80's, we had a quake in the Bay Area (San Francisco/Oakland Calif.) I was under a '58 Volkswagen bus removing a transmission. I didn't know what was going on until I looked out the garage door and saw all the other cars bouncing around!.....*I shot out from under the 'bus like a rocket!!*

You can experience one for free at the Natural History Museum in South Kensington.

I live on the island of Guam which is in one of the most active areas of the Ring of Fire, along with Japan, which means that we experience earthquakes quite often. I think the biggest recent one was about a 7.1 magnitude back in '07. I didn't even bother getting out of my chair for the last couple of ones that happened. They're not really too big a deal because they happen pretty often. It's always funny seeing the reactions of statesiders when they experience their first earthquake on the island though. It's usually a pretty big shock for most of them, especially when they see that their panic isn't shared by most of the locals.

I have experienced a few here in Cali, but nothing rally major (above, say, 4 or so).

Had a slight experience of it when I was sitting infront of my PC. It was like a little shake but when I was told it was an earthquake, I got scared.

That aside, that chair simulator could be useful......in the museum that is...

i have experienced earthquakes, and imo, experiencing a real one is better. the magnitude of mental strain you get on the nerves when the whole building sways cannot be got by sitting in a chair and swaying sideways. spending that amount to rock yourself while watching some vids is surely insane.

This sounds awesome! But I think I'll save my money for when an actual earthquake destroys my house instead. XD

I've slept through a minor earthquake, but of course I don't remember it since I was obviously very deeply asleep. I was rather surprised to hear my classmates talking about a 2am earthquake when I got to school the next morning. XD

I'm guessing normal consumers aren't the target market for this thing. It's probably meant to be picked up by institutions for earthquake safety and awareness demonstrations, and used as part of a larger program for multiple clients a day who pay a fee.

I don't know who would pay 100k+ for this... that thing is so small for that price... atleast make it large enough for people to stand up and experience it rather than sit thru it...

thats just stupid. Go to a roller coaster! I'm fine in Roller Coasters, but I think sitting in that chair and watching a screen will give me motion sickness. I get that from playing something like Mirror's Edge.

100k for a chair that I can't even sit on properly... no thanks. ^^'

we do have this earthquake simulation, but I just 'ride' it once ^^; at very first attempt I was extremely panic like hell XDD

You could do all sorts of pranks with that chair if the base could be concealed.

if I want to experience an earthquake I'd rather spend money on a plane ticket to California thank you very much -w-

USD$106,854.00? Are they stupid or what? What a joke :) They'll need to add 4 x 60" LCDs for the images + the sound system + the lights and a hot brunete with green/blue heterochromia as a buying gift for that price. Seriously, what a joke!! >.<"

I don't need one. I live on a fault line in California. XP

Oh!! The richman's toy!!

I experience 3 times. Well, as the one who lived at the country that based on the ring of fire, you tend to have earthquake alot.

Wow! Over a hundred grand for a chair?? Sounds like a government project. I wonder if they have sold any. If you did buy one, it seems like the novelty would be short lived desu ne.

10,000,000 yen huh? umm i'll just wait for the real earthquake @_@

So you pay 100K to be tossed off a chair in about 1.1 seconds? I know better ways to spend my cash -__-

If I had that much money I'd move to Japan and simply wait for the next real earthquake.

I don't get what need Japan has for a chair like that. Just sit in a chair and wait. It's free and nobody will complain about simulation errors. I really don't think you can find any permanent resident in Japan who haven't tried an earthquake.

I recall one time when I was woken up by an earthquake. I went back to sleep and then my sister showed up and was really scared because everything was shaking and I just went "it's just a freight train. Go back to sleep". For the record the railroad right outside is used to commuting trains during the day and when the tracks are free at night some really heavy freight trains uses them. Some have wagons at 100 tons each and such a weight at 100 km/h shakes like a small earthquake. The earthquake in question didn't break anything but some stuff got moved a bit and a few things got tipped over.

You could get so much with $100,000.. As awesome as that chair is, I'd rather just have a go on one rather than buy one (which is what it sounds like the fortune is for).

Although the UK isn't on the edge of the plate it's on, we still get a couple of light earthquakes every year or so, but nothing to panic about.

Not happening... lol

that's a chair in my dream !

A really expensive experience indeed...maybe someone around here would fork out for it...

that has got to be one lame way to make money. 5 dollars would be ok, but no more than that. I've been in an earthquake before, a small one but it was pretty interesting. Anyways for that price they could fly themselves to a highly earthquake prone area and sit in the middle of a faultline.. or something.

I wondered if a electric chair will cost more?

This made me think, why not just try the Hawaii Chair? lol

I think I'd rather save that money as backup when that long predicted big earthquake hits my home ^_^

hmm...looks interesting but don't have a spare $100,000

I did spend the summer in San Francisco but didn't feel anything.....(-_-)

OK, Japan's sitting right between two continental plates and someone still invents this? Who are these people with that much money available for a cheap thrill? Because I have some oceanside property in the Sahara I want to tell them about... :)

That said, I've felt a few earthquakes since moving to California. The last was very close -- the epicenter was just a couple of miles away. I actually had to run over to the LCD TV and steady it while the house was shaking, because it was about tipping and about to fall over. Heh.

I'm willing to offer my own earthquake simulation at a much reduced price. The client can sit on a plastic chair while I lie under it and shake it, for the low, low price of $500 an hour. I will blow raspberries and make screeching noises for an extra $300 per hour.

I think it's a GREAT deal. Even the chair doesn't offer that kind of service.