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Cinema Seat Preview Experiment (tympanus.net)
over 7 years ago from Pedro Botelho, Developer
45 comments
ポール ウェッブ, over 7 years ago
HOLY
Wesley Haines, over 7 years ago
codrops out here breaking boundaries and hearts with this
Nick Matarese, over 7 years ago I'd like to see the revenue numbers between theaters who sell seated tickets vs. theaters who just sell tickets. My hunch is that theaters without seat assignments are able to sell a higher number of seats when viewers do not know the current capacity of the theater upon purchase.
Kody Dahl, over 7 years ago
That's a solid point - but to me, where this really gets interesting & potentially valuable is when you're selling seats at an event where you have to pay more to be closer. Something like, say, a concert, or a Broadway show.
So instead of a tiny blueprint of the venue’s layout, you’d get a clearer sense of how close you really could be - and why it’s worth that (often intense) up-charge.
Nick Matarese, over 7 years ago Agree and although not as interactive, TicketMaster has been doing this in select venues for a while now. http://insider.ticketmaster.com/get-the-best-seats-on-ticketmaster-with-interactive-seat-maps/
John P, over 7 years ago
So it would actually make our lives worse
Heh. Depends on how much catching flying guitar picks means to you, I guess?
Taurean Bryant, over 7 years ago
In my experience, theaters that allow you to select your seats have always charged a premium to do so.
Casey Britt, over 7 years ago
This is probably true on the short term but damn if I ever give money to a non-reservation theater money again. I will typically go on a different day if it means I can pick my seats before showing up. I'll even pay more. Overall it is just a way better experience. I have no desire to go to a movie 30 minutes or more before it starts.
Josh McKenzie, over 7 years ago
Really impressive demonstration.
Here's an example of seat preview from a real website: the Royal Opera House in London: https://www.roh.org.uk/events/29214/tickets
Steps:
Click on a part of the auditorium
Click on a seat (you'll see a small thumbnail of the seat appear)
Click the thumbnail of the seat to enlarge
Click on the picture of the stage to make it bigger
Todd Sieling, over 7 years ago
Anyone else find it weird that you can't change your viewing angle up and down?
James Lane, over 7 years ago
You can can't you? I just tried and can look around easy enough...
No I could only turn side to side. But if it's in the design that's good.
Irving Torres, over 7 years ago
Yes you definitely can. I'm on Google Chrome.
Calum Smith, over 7 years ago
That's odd, I could. What browser?
Safari. Sounds like it works in chrome tho
Phil Rau, over 7 years ago
I was able to look up and down in Safari.
How are you doing this? I can't move it at all now. I tried clicking on the 180 icon and elsewhere, and can't get it to budge. Why do you mock me, Safari?
Were you trying to drag the 180? The way it worked for me is simply: 1. click the 180 2. look around 3. Click the 180 again to lock the view.
I should mention, I'm still on Yosemite. Haven't upgraded yet.
Ah ha, that was it. I didn't realize it was a mode. I'm on El Capitan but now that I know what to do, it works nicely. Thanks for the tip.
wojtek w., over 7 years ago
You can in Chrome.
Maciej Jurczak, over 7 years ago (edited over 7 years ago )
I think first theater, that will implement this, will get an extra income and viewers :)
Btw, who want to open theater with me, only to implement this in our ticket selling system :P
Luke Brookhart, over 7 years ago
No, I believe the revenue will likely decrease. Those who would have otherwise purchased a non-premium seat location will choose not to once they see the terrible viewing experience of that angle. (I'm look at you, front row). More seats will go unfilled compared to just selecting from a chart.
Duke Cavinski, over 7 years ago
totally depends on the theatre & pricing scale. broadway theatres and some state venues are way smaller than they appear in seat maps, so this sort of thing would be really beneficial.
If we talk super serious, you are right, but also you can see it form other side, you think that seat would be terrible, but on preview it's not that bad and if we talk about front row, that it's normal nobody want front row seats :P.
Febril Cuevas, over 7 years ago
This would've helped in figuring out which seat to take seeing Star Wars in IMAX. Couldn't figure out the viewing angle difference between the front row of the back section and the back row of the front section.
Bevan Stephens, over 7 years ago
Just fantastic. Great piece of UI design!
Clark Wimberly, over 7 years ago
"Please view on a larger screen"
Matt Williams, over 7 years ago
Wow. This is such a creative, well executed idea. Definitely one of those, "why didn't I think of that."
Olia Gozha, over 7 years ago This is incredible and innovative solution. It would be awesome to see it implemented in real cinema websites. Looking forward to it!
Aftab Alam, over 7 years ago
All modern online movie booking experiences should have one of this. Tympanus/Codrops is an idea machine. Kudos!
Thomas Michael Semmler, over 7 years ago
Tympanus makes me feel like a unexperienced noob once again
Pedro Pinto, over 7 years ago
This is really amazing
Joe Turner, over 7 years ago
Great work but if the video was actually playing...
jj moi, over 7 years ago (edited over 7 years ago )
woow. nothing close to what i was expecting at all.
Catalin Cimpanu, over 7 years ago
This is the coolest s*** I've seen in a while now.
Aaron S, over 7 years ago
This is unreal! Absolutely fantastic work you guys!!
Taulant Sulko, over 7 years ago
This is some next level stuff.
Ricard Panadès Nadal, over 7 years ago
Just... AWSOME!
Mianje Yakuza, over 7 years ago
wish I had such a great experience, when booking! instead most of the time is something like this!
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