The German-based company, VR Coaster, presented an on-ride demo of its technology in November 2015. "We're seasoned veterans, but we got off and said, 'Wow, this is amazing,' " Petit notes.

Mack Rides and VR Coasters, both based in Germany, are developing two new virtual reality coasters that are expected to debut in 2017 and 2018. VR headsets were recently added to the AlpenExpress ...

VR Coaster and Sensics today unveiled RideVR, a new all-in-one VR headset built especially for use on high-flying theme park rides. VR headsets have been in use on rides like roller coasters and ...

As with other VR coasters, SeaWorld's ride demonstrates the intriguing possibilities that the technology offers. But it also highlights its limitations. When it is their turn to ride, ...

Right now, Six Flags has a VR roller coaster system that sees failure as inevitable. The fact that my broken, stomach-churning VR experience was a known but acceptable issue is, frankly, unacceptable.

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from VR Galactic Roller Coaster Experience the crazy Roller Coaster ride in Galaxy / Universe. This 3D roller coaster will blow your mind with an exciting ...

Samsung and Six Flags Over Texas team up once again this season to bring Gear VR technology to the Shockwave So are you a roller coaster person or not? Since my youth, I've loved roller coasters ...

It’s beginning to look like 2016 will be the year that virtual reality takes theme parks by storm with plans for nine VR coasters in the works and VR dark rides, thrill rides and haunted mazes ...

But VR coasters, which are cropping up around the globe this year, take the actual old-school summer tradition and add on a headset with cutting-edge technology.

Since the introduction of the first VR-enhanced roller coaster in 2015, more than 30 percent of European manufacturers have made VR additions to one or more of their operational roller coasters.

The next VR coaster will open at Magic Mountain in Southern California. The first VR coaster in the world opened in England's Alton Towers in March, ushering in a new high-tech approach to thrill ...

As soon as Samsung's Gear VR was unveiled in September 2014, Simon Reveley of Vector VR, the company that brought Galactica to life, knew it would be the perfect fit for a roller coaster.