I like learning about the behind-the-scenes work of theme park attractions, so I was excited to see NBC/Universal made a video series of the science that goes into the process! There was one video about the Transformers ride and how the ride vehicle uses the six degrees of freedom, but they just listed the terms without explaining them. So I wanted to make an animation to demonstrate it for myself and other learners.
I used Blender for the first time to model the ride vehicle. To ease me into the software, I had the model resemble The Amazing Adventures of Spiderman’s ride vehicle since it’s a simpler design with the same mechanics as the Transformers’ one.
Below is a test of having the vehicle go down the track. This project is in progress, with next steps being animating and compositing.
