Work with ARK · Portal Development Kit (PDK)Develop today. Work with ARK tomorrow.
The people who learn the Portal Development Kit now are the people who can install, service, tune and customize ARK rigs.
They do it where they live when the commercial unit comes, and launch their own business from it.
If you want the opportunity to work with ARK in the future, you need to have experience on the Development Kit.
The plan.
Order a Development Kit
Any of the four builds, from $4,899.99. Development Kit: early-access hardware, software in active development.
NowBuild and run it
Assemble your PDK, get it running, and let your inspiration guide you.
On deliveryGain the experience
Tune it for games, customize the rig around it, develop your own ideas on it. The software is in active development, and the developers who order now help us shape it.
The development-kit phaseThe commercial unit comes
ARK publishes the terms for working with it then. Experience on the Development Kit is the entry condition; nothing else is set today.
When it comesWork with ARK
Servicing, installing, tuning and customizing ARK rigs where you live: an independent business you can launch from what you learned.
Around the globe
What the experience is for.
Four things a commercial unit needs wherever it lands. Four things you learn on your own Development Kit.
Servicing
Keeping a rig running and up to date: the checks, the fixes, the firmware.
Installing
The feet-first build, the earthed outlet, the built-in compressor, the first run.
Tuning
Motion profiles per game and per rider, through FlyPT Mover and SimHub.
Customizing
Seats, cockpits, wheelbases and mounts on the table and the chassis.
What is set today.
The development kit, the experience it gives, and the agreement it comes under. Every line here is live on ark-dynamics.com now.
The Development Kit
Early-access hardware, software in active development. Four builds of one direct-drive 6DOF motion platform, from $4,899.99 (€4,999.99) to $8,499.99 (€8,699.99), development-kit prices.
Under 1 ms game-out to motion. 3 g on all six axes, fully loaded (250 kg). 3 g is the firmware limit on the development kit; the hardware envelope is larger. Delivery expected January to April 2027.
Experience on it
- FlyPT Mover and SimHub integration, with 80+ games supported locally. The PDK works with consoles too.
- You add the seat, PC and screen; the recipient assembles the kit, feet first, with the Safety Manual and Installation Guide.
- The software is in active development, and the developers who order now help us shape it.
The agreement
The PDK is supplied for evaluation and development under the Development Kit Evaluation Agreement. Commercial operation (a venue, an attraction, paid rides) needs a separate Commercial Operator Agreement; institutional use needs a separate academic license.
Development kits for the EU are requested by email to devsupport@ark-dynamics.com; each request is reviewed.
In plain words.
- The opportunity to work with ARK in the future needs experience on the Development Kit.
- The terms for working with ARK are published when the commercial unit comes.
- The Development Kit is supplied for evaluation and development under the Development Kit Evaluation Agreement.
Before you order.
What does working with ARK mean?
Servicing, installing, tuning and customizing ARK rigs where you live, when the commercial unit comes, as an independent business you can launch from your experience. If you want the opportunity to work with ARK in the future, you need to have experience on the Development Kit. The terms are published when the commercial unit comes.
What counts as experience on the Development Kit?
You ordered a Development Kit, any of the four builds, installed it, run it and tune it. Orders already placed count.
Can I use the development kit itself commercially?
The PDK is supplied for evaluation and development under the Development Kit Evaluation Agreement. Commercial operation (a venue, an attraction, paid rides) needs a separate Commercial Operator Agreement; institutional use needs a separate academic license. Write to us with what you are planning.
Who can order one?
Developers, integrators and research partners: independent developers, studios, labs and teams who will use it in their trade, business, profession or research. Development Kit: early-access hardware, software in active development.
Can I order from the EU?
Development kits for the EU are requested by email to devsupport@ark-dynamics.com; each request is reviewed. In the EU, the UK, Norway, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Canada, development kits are supplied to businesses only.
Whose business is it?
Yours. The business you can build on your experience is your own and independent. The terms for working with ARK are published when the commercial unit comes.
Get in at the ground level.
The software is in active development, and the developers who order now help us shape it. If you want the opportunity to work with ARK in the future, you need to have experience on the Development Kit.
Support, cancellation and import terms for the development kit are in the Development Kit Evaluation Agreement. Prices exclude shipping, import duty, tariffs and taxes.