Designing Immersion: Inside ISTP’s 2025 Dark Ride Project
- Jun Lim
- 11 minutes ago
- 1 min read
ISTP is wrapping up the year with an exciting and challenging project in Pampanga, where we are responsible for the full AVL & Control scope of a new theme park attraction. As many know, a theme park isn’t complete without a dark ride—and this one is designed to deliver a truly exceptional guest experience through the integrated power of audio, video, lighting, and special effects.
Our team began AVL re-design early this year, and we’re now in the on-site installation phase. With the systems coming together, we’re getting closer to seeing the attraction take its final form.
The audio has been engineered specifically for dark-ride performance using a 6.1.1 format with Bass Shaker integration, enabling immersive spatial sound even as the ride moves, rotates, and shifts. This audio environment is synchronized with multiple 3D video elements to heighten immersion and support seamless storytelling.
In addition, a wide array of lighting and special-effects systems has been strategically deployed throughout the attraction to create a comprehensive multi-sensory experience—not just audio-visual engagement, but a fully enveloping environment.
We look forward to the public debut of this dark ride next year and hope it becomes a source of inspiration for many in the industry.
