Modular sensory platform

A modular sensory platform for amplifying a virtual reality, augmented reality, or real experience for a guest residing on the sensory platform located on an event floor of a venue, the platform comprising:

• an array of one or more standardized deck modules configurable to provide a contiguous platform walking area, each of the one or more deck modules having a deck frame with frame corners and a base deck for mounting to the event floor, a side edge bordering each of the decks, and a deck standing surface opposite the bottom side and removably mountable to each of the deck frames for supporting the guest;
• a lift actuator positional adjacent one or multiple frame corners in the array for changing an actuating distance between the event floor and the standing surface according to a lift signal for each of the lift actuators, where the actuating distance is variable over a vertical travel;
• a deck gap between any two adjacent decks in the contiguous array;
• and
• a platform controller connectable to one or more of the deck modules in the array and preconfigurable to select or provide the lift signal for each of the lift actuators.

A method for generating or amplifying a virtual reality, augmented reality, or real experience for a guest attending an entertainment, display, performance, or training event in a venue, the method comprising:

• aggregating a plurality of standardized deck modules each having a frame with corners, a side edge bordering the deck, a bottom side resting on an event floor of the venue, and a standing surface opposite the bottom side, where a deck gap between adjacent decks of the plurality is less than 1 inch for establishing a contiguous platform walking area;
• mounting a lift actuator near the corners of each of the plurality of decks for changing a distance between the event floor and the standing surface according to a lift signal for each of the lift actuators;
• applying via the platform controller, according to the experiential program, the lift signals to the lift actuators for creating one or more of the following motion envelopes in the platform walking area:
• a ripple pattern, a uniform rise, a uniform drop, a tilt, a convex shape, and a concave shape;
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• where the platform walking area, sensory stimuli, lift actuators, and platform controller form a modular sensory floor for generating or amplifying the guest experience.