The world's first "mixed reality" roller coaster, an absolutely exciting VR experience

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How to ride the roller coaster gracefully?

This answer is usually no solution. Because even if you have a face and face, you may break the power in the second place. Of course, if you are used to closing your eyes, you may not be photographed by "snapshots" without visual stimuli.

However, enjoying the excitement is itself a fun of roller coasters. The six-game amusement park, which is keen to try black technology, has been trying to get visitors to open their eyes in the middle of the car and get the ultimate experience of more tension and excitement.

For example, when you sit on a roller coaster and suddenly dive down 2.5 seconds/km, you see that you are about to hit a building... What would it feel like?

As early as the beginning of 2016, the world's largest chain park brand, "Six Chess", started the idea of ​​"virtual reality" (VR). In March of the same year, after the announcement of cooperation with Samsung's Gear VR glasses, it was A limited edition VR roller coaster has been launched in different theme parks in the United States.

That's right, this is the surreal roller coaster that has long since smashed the circle of foreign friends and will see the devil in the "falling process".

In Austell, Georgia, the famous theme roller coaster, the Dare Devil Dive, has provided a year of free VR experience for all visitors. Enter the VR preparation room of the roller coaster and you will find that the Gear VR glasses are covered with the entire wall:

Samsung's Gear VR glasses

The staff will wear glasses for each passenger and perform a simulation test in advance to prevent the equipment from malfunctioning in a roller coaster:

Wearing VR glasses

In the following video, the two brothers who tried the "Devil Diving" VR roller coaster played an air battle game in the "windy mess". They crossed the city high-rise, escaped the alien attack, and even participated in the city defense. war……

Of course, the effect should be very good, because the words "My God, No, what? Oh..." have always appeared in their mouths...

Although the Six Flags Group has never released relevant data to prove how attractive these limited VR roller coasters are to tourists, from the media exposure in 2016, the network fever and the follow-up of the world's major brand amusement parks (Alton Towers, UK) The theme park and Disney have also launched the VR roller coaster. You can see the popularity of this "black technology + entertainment" game in the world.

Google Global Trends for VR Roller Coaster. It can be clearly seen that the popularity of this word has improved significantly since 2016.