Systems and methods for thrust-vectored practical fluid flow effects

An amusement park attraction effects system, comprising:

• a dynamic display configured for viewing by a plurality of users;
• a display monitor configured to monitor changes to the dynamic display and provide status data indicative of a status of the dynamic display;
• a location identification system configured to determine a plurality of locations of the plurality of users;
• an array of thrust-vectoring flow effect generators comprising a first thrust-vectoring flow effect generator and a second thrust-vectoring flow effect generator, the first thrust-vectoring flow effect generator configured to generate and direct a first fluid flow toward a first target location of a range of target locations and the second thrust-vectoring flow effect generator configured to generate and direct a second fluid flow toward a second target location of the range of target locations;
• and
• an automation controller communicatively coupled to the display monitor, the location identification system, and the array, wherein the automation controller is configured to:
• receive the status data provided by the display monitor;
• receive the plurality of locations of the plurality of users provided by the location identification system;
• set the first target location and the second target location based on the plurality of locations of the plurality of users;
• and
• instruct the first thrust-vectoring flow effect generator to direct the first fluid flow based on the first target location;
• and
• instruct the second thrust-vectoring flow effect generator to direct the second fluid flow based on the second target location.

An amusement park attraction effects system, comprising:

• a head-mounted virtual reality (VR) device comprising an electronic display configured to display an image to a user of the head-mounted VR device;
• a user sensing system of the head-mounted VR device, the user sensing system configured to detect a location and orientation of the user and output data indicative of the location and orientation;
• an directed airflow generator configured to generate an air effect and direct the air effect to a target location;
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• an automation controller communicatively coupled to the user sensing system and the directed airflow generator, wherein the automation controller is configured to:
• receive the data output by the user sensing system;
• determine, based on the location and the orientation indicated by the data, the target location for directing the air effect;
• and
• control the directed airflow generator to direct the air effect towards the target location.