A combined translational and rotational motion simulator combining a virtual reality motion experience with real motion of a user along a prescribed real path of motion in space corresponding to a virtual path of motion displayed to said user in said visual graphic, comprising: a) a first translational apparatus fixed to a surface and operable to translate said user in a first linear direction; b) a second translational apparatus disposed on said first apparatus and operable to translate said user in a second linear direction orthogonal to said first linear direction; c) a third translational apparatus disposed on said second apparatus and operable to translate said user in a third linear direction orthogonal to said first and second linear directions; d) a fourth apparatus disposed on said third translational apparatus operable to support said user throughout said first, second and third linear translations, and together with said first, second and third translational apparatuses (12, 32, 40) defining a linear motion assembly; e) a first rotational apparatus disposed on said fourth apparatus and having a first axis of rotation; f) a second rotational apparatus disposed within said first rotational apparatus and having a second axis of rotation orthogonal to said first axis of rotation; g) a third rotational apparatus disposed within said second rotational apparatus and having a third axis of rotation orthogonal to said first and second axes of rotation (68.72), and together with said first and second rotational apparatuses (60, 70) defining a first rotational motion assembly capable of rotation through more than 360° in at least two of said rotational directions; h) at least one user occupancy position (78a, 78b) disposed within said third rotational apparatus; i) a fifth apparatus containing visual displays and audio speakers operable to create a virtual reality scene visible to said user; j) a sixth apparatus containing microelectronics operable to supply graphical processing power to said fifth apparatus; and k) a control sub-system, including at least one programmable controller, operationally connected to said first translational apparatus, said second translational apparatus, said third translational apparatus, and said fourth apparatus to control said linear motion assembly in said first, second and third linear directions, and operationally connected to said first rotational apparatus, said second rotational apparatus, and said third rotational apparatus to control said rotation in said first, second and third rotational directions (68, 72, 76), and operationally connected to said sixth apparatus to ensure real and virtual motion synchronization. a) a first translational apparatus fixed to a surface and operable to translate said user in a first linear direction; b) a second translational apparatus disposed on said first apparatus and operable to translate said user in a second linear direction orthogonal to said first linear direction; c) a third translational apparatus disposed on said second apparatus and operable to translate said user in a third linear direction orthogonal to said first and second linear directions; d) a fourth apparatus disposed on said third translational apparatus operable to support said user throughout said first, second and third linear translations, and together with said first, second and third translational apparatuses (12, 32, 40) defining a linear motion assembly; e) a first rotational apparatus disposed on said fourth apparatus and having a first axis of rotation; f) a second rotational apparatus disposed within said first rotational apparatus and having a second axis of rotation orthogonal to said first axis of rotation; g) a third rotational apparatus disposed within said second rotational apparatus and having a third axis of rotation orthogonal to said first and second axes of rotation (68.72), and together with said first and second rotational apparatuses (60, 70) defining a first rotational motion assembly capable of rotation through more than 360° in at least two of said rotational directions; h) at least one user occupancy position (78a, 78b) disposed within said third rotational apparatus; i) a fifth apparatus containing visual displays and audio speakers operable to create a virtual reality scene visible to said user; j) a sixth apparatus containing microelectronics operable to supply graphical processing power to said fifth apparatus; and k) a control sub-system, including at least one programmable controller, operationally connected to said first translational apparatus, said second translational apparatus, said third translational apparatus, and said fourth apparatus to control said linear motion assembly in said first, second and third linear directions, and operationally connected to said first rotational apparatus, said second rotational apparatus, and said third rotational apparatus to control said rotation in said first, second and third rotational directions (68, 72, 76), and operationally connected to said sixth apparatus to ensure real and virtual motion synchronization.