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{{short description|Type of roller coaster}}
A '''virtual reality roller coaster''' is a special kind of [[amusement park]] ride attraction, consisting of a roller coaster facility or ride that can be experienced with [[virtual reality headset]]s.<ref name="Airtimers">{{cite web |url=http://airtimers.com/vr-coaster-wird-zum-trend-in-europa-und-ubersee/0034838/ |title=VR-Coaster wird zum Trend – in Europa und Übersee |publisher=Airtimers |date=9 March 2016 |access-date=12 July 2016}}</ref> The setup has been widely said to have been invented<ref>{{Cite web|title=Espacenet - Bibliographic data|url=https://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?CC=EP&NR=3041591A2&KC=A2&FT=D&ND=3&date=20160713&DB=&locale=en_EP|access-date=2020-12-28|website=worldwide.espacenet.com}}</ref> by [[Thomas Wagner (designer)|Thomas Wagner]], who has also produced most of the worldwide installations with his company VR Coaster GmbH & Co. KG since late 2015.<ref name="BehindTheThrills">{{cite web |url=http://behindthethrills.com/2015/09/europa-park-in-germany-launches-worlds-first-vr-coaster/ |title=Europa Park in Germany launches world's first VR Coaster |publisher=behind the thrills |date=4 September 2015 |access-date=12 July 2016}}</ref><ref name="LaTimes1">{{cite news |url=http://www.latimes.com/travel/themeparks/la-trb-vr-coaster-canadas-wonderland-20150917-story.html |title=Get ready for virtual reality coasters to become a real-world reality |last=MacDonald |first=Brady |newspaper=La Times |date=17 September 2015 |access-date=12 July 2016}}</ref> The concept of a "virtual reality" coaster was tested first in 2004 with the Galaxie Express at Space Park Bremen in [[Bremen, Germany]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Space Park Bremen Opens in Germany |url=https://www.themeparkinsider.com/news/response.cfm?ID=1517 |access-date=2024-02-11 |website=Theme Park Insider}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Parkes |first=Sarah |date=December 1, 2004 |title=A galactic letdown: The promise of leaving Earth for a day wasn't enough to save the Space Center Bremen |url=https://www.pmi.org/learning/library/galactic-letdown-financial-disasters-4083}}</ref> Since then, several theme parks all over the world have been adapting this technology to extend their existing coaster facilities.<ref name="Quartz">{{cite web |url=http://qz.com/704096/the-future-of-fear-vr-rollercoasters-are-coming/ |title=The future of fear: VR rollercoasters are coming |last=Murphy |first=Mike |publisher=Quartz |date=11 June 2016 |access-date=12 July 2016}}</ref><ref name="IEEESpectrum">{{cite web |url=https://spectrum.ieee.org/virtual-reality-roller-coasters-are-here-and-everywhere |title=Virtual Reality Roller Coasters Are Here (and Everywhere)|last=Clark |first=Kristen |publisher=IEEE Spectrum |date=23 March 2016 |access-date=12 July 2016}}</ref>

== Background and history ==
[[File:VR Coaster Train at Six Flags New England.jpg|thumb|A train of the ''Superman – The Ride'' virtual reality roller coaster at the [[Six Flags New England]] theme park. Riders are wearing Gear VR virtual reality headsets.]]While virtual reality roller coaster simulations quickly became quite popular after the appearance of the [[Oculus Rift]], it showed that dizziness and motion sickness, known as [[virtual reality sickness]], would be a major problem.<ref name="RiftInfo">{{cite web |url=http://riftinfo.com/oculus-rift-motion-sickness-11-techniques-to-prevent-it |title=Oculus Rift VR Motion Sickness |publisher=Rift Info|date=25 December 2015 |access-date=18 June 2016}}</ref> This was caused by the offset between the simulated motion in virtual reality and the lack of real motion, as the inner [[sense of balance]] wouldn't feel the appropriate forces and turns.<ref name="LiveScience2">{{cite web |url=http://www.livescience.com/54478-why-vr-makes-you-sick.html |last=Pappas |first=Stephanie |title=Why Does Virtual Reality Make Some People Sick? |publisher=Live Science |date=20 April 2016 |access-date=18 June 2016}}</ref> In order to test if this could be overcome by synchronizing virtual reality movement to real motion, a research group of the [[University of Applied Sciences, Kaiserslautern]], led by [[Thomas Wagner (designer)|Thomas Wagner]], together with roller coaster manufacturer [[Mack Rides]] and [[Europa-Park]], has been conducting experiments on actual roller coaster facilities since early 2014.<ref name="Engadget">{{cite web |url=https://www.engadget.com/2014/08/29/oculus-rollercoaster-virtual-shooter/ |title=Oculus Rift Turns Rollercoaster Into Virtual Shooter |last=Dent |first=Steve |publisher=Engadget |date=29 August 2014 |access-date=18 June 2016}}</ref> It showed that, with a precise synchronization, not only the nausea would disappear, but also a new kind of attraction was created as, for the first time, this setup allowed for a simulation ride to feature continuous G forces, zero gravity and drops (or so-called [[Air-time|air time]]).

Still, the technical setup of the 2014 experiments was not feasible yet for a permanent installation. Most of all, mounting a computer on a coaster train would not have worked due to the continuous heavy vibrations; also the usual cable connection of a classical virtual reality headset like the Oculus Rift would have meant a serious safety hazard. Wagner and his team could eventually overcome these problems by deploying so called mobile virtual reality headsets like the [[Samsung Gear VR]], where the entire image generation happens directly inside of the actual headset. The very first virtual reality roller coaster installations have been opened to the public in late 2015,<ref name="VR_Alpenexpress">{{cite web |url=http://www.heise.de/ct/artikel/Ausprobiert-Mit-VR-Brille-auf-dem-Kopf-Achterbahn-fahren-2821323.html |title=Ausprobiert: Mit VR-Brille auf dem Kopf Achterbahn fahren |last=Janssen |first=Jan-Keno |publisher=c´t |date=18 September 2015 |access-date=12 June 2016}}</ref> starting at Europa-Park, Germany, followed by Canada's Wonderland<ref name="La Times">{{cite news |url=http://www.latimes.com/travel/themeparks/la-trb-vr-coasters-virtual-reality-rides-20151215-story.html/ |title=Virtual reality rides set to invade theme parks in 2016 |last=MacDonald |first=Brady |newspaper=La Times |date=15 December 2015 |access-date=18 June 2016}}</ref> and Universal Studios Japan,<ref name="AttractionsManagement">{{cite web |url=http://www.attractionsmanagement.com/detail.cfm?pagetype=detail&subject=news&codeID=320779 |title=Universal debuts company's first VR coaster at Japanese park |last=Anstey |first=Tom |publisher=Attractions Management |date=15 January 2016 |access-date=18 June 2016}}</ref> all of them developed by the startup company [[VR Coaster]], which originated from Wagners Research Group.<ref name="VR Coaster Team">{{cite web |url=http://www.vrcoaster.com/team.php/detail.cfm?pagetype=detail&subject=news&codeID=320779 |title=The VR Coaster Team|publisher=VR Coaster GmbH & Co. KG |date=8 May 2015 |access-date=18 June 2016}}</ref>

In 2014, another startup called Astral Vision<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.astral-v.com|title=Astral Vision|website=www.astral-v.com|access-date=2018-07-03}}</ref> presented a [[wearable technology]] prototype for theme park rides that uses mobile phone sensors and does not require additional sensors.

As of June 2016, 17 theme parks worldwide were operating virtual reality roller coasters.

== Technical solutions ==
Key to a comfortable virtual reality experience on an actual moving ride attraction is a precise synchronization of the virtual ride animation.<ref name="The Verge">{{cite web |url=https://www.theverge.com/2016/6/15/11940194/superman-vr-virtual-reality-roller-coaster-six-flags |title=Adding virtual reality to a roller coaster sounds dumb, but works amazingly well |last=Popper |first=Ben |publisher=The Verge |date=15 June 2016 |access-date=18 June 2016}}</ref><ref name="IGN">{{cite web |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/08/29/oculus-rift-melds-with-a-real-life-roller-coaster-ride/ |title=Oculus Rift Melds With a Real-Life Roller Coaster Ride |last=Pitcher |first=Jenna |publisher=IGN |date=28 August 2014 |access-date=18 June 2016}}</ref> To achieve this, the coaster train is equipped with special hardware that monitors the position of the train in the track layout and then wirelessly transmits this information to the headsets of the riders.<ref name="USAToday2">{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/experience/america/2016/03/03/six-flags-virtual-reality-roller-coasters-2016/81224838/|title=Six Flags VR coasters: Watch how it works|last=Levine|first=Arthur|date=24 March 2016|publisher=USA Today|access-date=12 July 2016}}</ref><ref name="IGN"/><ref name="VRCoasterHardware">{{cite web |url=http://www.vrcoaster.com/technology.php |title=Upgrade your Coaster |publisher=VR Coaster GmbH & Co. KG |date=8 May 2015 |access-date=12 July 2016}}</ref> This is also crucial, as the virtual reality experience needs to run in absolute tracking mode (unlike relative tracking when used at home, where the virtual reality view automatically rotates with a virtual vehicle), so without a precise tracking solution, curves and turns would not be in the right place. In other words, a virtual cockpit must always turn and travel in exactly the same direction as the real coaster car, which would not be possible without an automated synchronization. Still, as the human [[sense of balance]] can't detect absolute velocities but only acceleration and turns, speed and dimensions can be altered in virtual reality.<ref name="LiveScience">{{cite web |url=http://www.livescience.com/54256-six-flags-virtual-reality-roller-coasters.html |title=Are You Ready for America's 1st Virtual-Reality Roller Coasters? |last=Sheikh |first=Knvul |publisher=Live Science |date=1 April 2016 |access-date=12 July 2016}}</ref> Even curves can be bent to different angles, as long as the relative direction of the turn is preserved (clockwise or counterclockwise).<ref name="FoxNews">{{cite web |url=http://fox2now.com/2016/05/24/six-flags-reinvents-older-roller-coaster-with-new-vr-technology/ |title=Six Flags reinvents older roller coaster with new VR technology |last=Clark |first=Patrick |publisher=FOX 2 |date=24 May 2016 |access-date=12 July 2016}}</ref>

== Experience ==
As virtual reality allows for several modifications and extensions of the actual track layout, the size of the virtual reality track can be much larger than the real one.<ref name="CNN">{{cite web |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2016/04/01/travel/virtual-reality-roller-coasters/ |title=Take a ride on a virtual reality roller coaster |last=Hamasaki |first=Sonya |publisher=CNN |date=1 April 2016 |access-date=18 June 2016}}</ref> This of course means that speeds can be much faster and heights much taller, as these aspects also grow with the increased dimensions. Most of all, there is no need to show an actual track or rails (which would give away what element comes next), other than for dramaturgical reasons. As the rider is totally [[Immersion (virtual reality)|immersed]] in the virtual reality world, one can even be tricked by giving hints on a wrong track direction and then e.g. have a giant creature grabbing the virtual cockpit and carrying it into a different direction (which turns out to be the actual direction of the rails). Also, the effect of physical track elements like block brakes can be utilized in the virtual reality experience for dramatic elements like crashing through a virtual barrier or building.<ref name="Gizmag">{{cite web |url=http://www.gizmag.com/virtual-reality-coaster/43535/ |title=Here's what it's like to ride a virtual reality roller coaster |last=Franco |first=Michael |publisher=Gizmag |date=25 May 2016 |access-date=18 June 2016}}</ref> Riders report after their first virtual reality roller coaster ride that it is unlike anything they have ever experienced before.<ref name="Theme Park Review">{{cite web |url=http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1710014/ |title=Superman The Ride VR Coaster Media Day Six Flags New England |publisher=Theme Park Review |date=11 June 2016 |access-date=18 June 2016 |archive-date=21 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821165837/http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1710014/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Operation ==
Riders are provided with [[virtual reality headsets]] to wear whilst on the ride. These headsets may be portable, or permanently attached to the ride itself and will display a synchronised video to the riders who experience the motions of the ride combined with the alternate reality provided through the headsets. After the ride, headsets are sanitised and (where applicable) recharged for future use.

In most cases, the virtual reality aspect of the ride is optional, and in some cases a supplement may be required for use.

== Appearances ==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!In Operation?
! Name
! Name of Roller Coaster
!Type
!Duration
!Length in Meters
!VR optional?
!Opening
!Roller Coaster Manufacturer
!VR Developer
!Park
!Country
!City, Region
!Note
|-
|{{cross}}
|Galaxie Express
|Galaxie Express
|Powered Coaster
|
|499
|
|February 2004
|[[Mack Rides]]
|
|
|{{DEU}}
|Bremen, Bremen
|Test concept of a "virtual reality" coaster.
|-
|{{tick}}
| Alpenexpress Coastiality
| [[Alpenexpress Enzian]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Alpenexpress Enzian - Europa Park (Rust, Baden Wuerttemberg, Germany)|website=rcdb.com|url=http://rcdb.com/975.htm|url-status=dead|access-date=2016-02-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090831063614/http://rcdb.com/975.htm|archive-date=2009-08-31|language=de}}</ref>
|[[Powered roller coaster|Powered Coaster]]
|1:40
|264
|{{tick}}
5/19 VR-Rows
|{{dts|2015-09-17|format=mdy}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Offizieller Europa-Park Fanclub - Pressekonferenz/Premiere VR-Coaster Alpenexpress|website=www.epfans.de|url=http://www.epfans.de/index.php?id=4428,13&date=&year=2016&month=02&day=1&PHPSESSID=12ed31a051c8b1197f9cd1098d7b860c|access-date=2016-02-12|last=epfans.info Team|language=de}}</ref>
|[[Mack Rides]]
|MackMedia and [[VR Coaster]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mackmedia.de/en/products/virtual-reality/ |title=Virtual Reality {{!}} Mack Media |website=www.mackmedia.de |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160109082312/http://www.mackmedia.de/en/products/virtual-reality/ |archive-date=2016-01-09}} </ref>
|[[Europa-Park]]
|{{DEU}}
|Rust, Baden-Württemberg
|
|-
|{{tick}}
|Thunder Run VR
|[[Thunder Run (Canada's Wonderland)|Thunder Run]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Thunder Run - Canada's Wonderland (Vaughan, Ontario, Canada)|website=rcdb.com|url=http://rcdb.com/63.htm|url-status=dead|access-date=2016-02-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060827072100/http://www.rcdb.com/63.htm|archive-date=2006-08-27|language=de}}</ref>
|[[Powered roller coaster|Powered Coaster]]
|1:24
|330.1
|{{tick}}
|{{dts|2015-10-03|format=mdy}}
|[[Mack Rides]]
|[[VR Coaster]]
|[[Canada's Wonderland]]
|{{CAN}}
|Vaughan, Ontario
|
|-
|{{tick}}
| VR Coaster
| [[Freedom Flyer]]<ref name=":0">{{cite web|title=Freedom Flyer - Fun Spot America (Orlando, Florida, USA)|website=rcdb.com|url=http://rcdb.com/10347.htm|url-status=dead|access-date=2016-02-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111129021906/http://rcdb.com/10347.htm|archive-date=2011-11-29|language=de}}</ref>{{update-inline|date=January 2023}}
|[[Suspended Family Coaster]]
|1:00
|395
|{{tick}}
|{{dts|2015-11-16|format=mdy}}
|[[Vekoma]]
|[[VR Coaster]]
|[[Fun Spot America]]
|{{USA}}
|Orlando, Florida
|VR Demonstration at IAAPA 2015
|-
|{{tick}}
| Universal Studios Japan XR Rides
| [[Space Fantasy – The Ride|Space Fantasy: The Ride]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Kyary Pamyu Pamyu XR Ride - Universal Studios Japan (Osaka, Osaka, Japan)|website=rcdb.com|url=http://rcdb.com/9034.htm|url-status=dead|access-date=2016-02-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100208164519/http://www.rcdb.com/9034.htm|archive-date=2010-02-08|language=de}}</ref>
|[[Spinning roller coaster|Spinning Coaster]]
|2:35
|585
|{{tick}}
|{{dts|2016-01-14|format=mdy}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Universal Studios Japan Opens "Cool Japan"-Themed Attraction Set|periodical=Anime News Network|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2016-01-15/universal-studios-japan-opens-cool-japan-themed-attraction-set/.97622|access-date=2016-02-12|language=de}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|user=USJ_Official|author=ユニバーサル・スタジオ・ジャパン公式|number=687605107148500992|date=14 January 2016|title=明日スタート！【ユニバーサル・クールジャパン 2016】特命大使のきゃりーぱみゅぱみゅさんが開会宣言！世界に誇る5大ブランドのアトラクションがいよいよ登場！ #USJ|access-date=14 January 2016|language=German}}</ref>
|[[Mack Rides]]
|[[VR Coaster]]
|[[Universal Studios Japan]]
|{{JPN}}
|Osaka, Osaka
|Japan's first rollercoaster fully dedicated to Virtual Reality
|-
|{{cross}}
|[[The New Revolution (roller coaster)|Galactic Attack Virtual Reality Coaster]]
|[[Shock Wave (Six Flags Over Texas)|Shock Wave]]
|Sit-Down Coaster
|2:00
|1097.3
|{{tick}}
|{{dts|2016-03-10|format=mdy}}
|Schwarzkopf
|[[VR Coaster]]
|[[Six Flags Over Texas]]
|{{USA}}
|Arlington, Texas
|
|-
|{{cross}}
|[[The New Revolution (roller coaster)|Galactic Attack Virtual Reality Coaster]]
|[[Dare Devil Dive]]
|Sit-Down Coaster
|
|639.8
|{{tick}}
|{{dts|2016-03-12|format=mdy}}
|Gerstlauer Amusement Rides
|[[VR Coaster]]
|[[Six Flags Over Georgia]]
|{{USA}}
|Austell, Georgia
|
|-
|{{cross}}
|Pegasus Coastiality
|Pegasus
|Youngstar Coaster
|1:30
|400
|{{tick}}

4/10 VR-Rows
|{{dts|2016-03-17|format=mdy}}
|[[Mack Rides]]
|Ambient Entertainment, [[VR Coaster]] and MackMedia
|[[Europa-Park]]
|{{DEU}}
|Rust, Baden-Württemberg
|
|-
|{{tick}}
|Dinolino's VR-Ride
|Familienachterbahn
|Sit-Down Coaster
|1:25
|222
|{{tick}}
|{{dts|2016-03-19|format=mdy}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Erlebnispark Schloss Thurn macht seine Achterbahn 2016 zum Virtual-Reality-Coaster|periodical=Parkerlebnis – Freizeitpark-Magazin|url=http://www.parkerlebnis.de/erlebnispark-schloss-thurn-vr-coaster-2016_19473.html|url-status=dead|access-date=2016-02-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160214025720/http://www.parkerlebnis.de/erlebnispark-schloss-thurn-vr-coaster-2016_19473.html|archive-date=2016-02-14|language=de}}</ref>
|Zierer
|[[VR Coaster]]
|Erlebnispark Schloss Thurn
|{{DEU}}
|Heroldsbach, Bayern
|
|-
|{{cross}}
| Galactica
| [[Galactica (roller coaster)|Air]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Galactica - Alton Towers (Alton, Staffordshire, England, UK)|website=rcdb.com|url=http://rcdb.com/1458.htm|url-status=dead|access-date=2016-02-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090808193332/http://rcdb.com/1458.htm|archive-date=2009-08-08|language=de}}</ref>
|[[Flying roller coaster|Flying Coaster]]
|1:40
|840
|{{tick}}
|{{dts|2016-03-24|format=mdy}}
|[[Bolliger & Mabillard]]
|Figment Productions
|[[Alton Towers Resort]]
|{{GBR}}
|Alton, Staffordshire Moorlands
|
|-
|{{cross}}
|[[The New Revolution (roller coaster)|Galactic Attack Virtual Reality Coaster]]
|[[The New Revolution (roller coaster)|New Revolution]]
|Sit-Down Coaster
|2:12
|1053.7
|{{tick}}
|{{dts|2016-03-25|format=mdy}}
|Schwarzkopf
|[[VR Coaster]]
|[[Six Flags Magic Mountain]]
|{{USA}}
|Valencia, California
|
|-
|{{tick}}
|Mount Mara<ref>{{cite web|title=Bobbejaanland's VR Coaster Mount Mara and Immersive Storytelling|url=http://www.blooloop.com/features/bobbejaanland-vr-coaster-roland-kleve-storytelling/39981|url-status=dead|access-date=2016-06-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414075249/http://www.blooloop.com/features/bobbejaanland-vr-coaster-roland-kleve-storytelling/39981|archive-date=2016-04-14|language=de}}</ref>
|Revolution
|Sit-Down Coaster
|2:20
|720
|{{tick}}
|{{dts|2016-03-26|format=mdy}}
|[[Vekoma]]
|[[VR Coaster]]
|[[Bobbejaanland]]
|{{BEL}}
|Lichtaart, Antwerp
|
|-
|{{tick}}
|Linnunrata eXtra<ref>{{cite web|title=Linnunrata eXtra – roller coaster|periodical=Linnanmäki|url=http://www.linnanmaki.fi/en/laitteet-ja-pelit/linnunrata|url-status=dead|access-date=2016-06-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160627224346/http://www.linnanmaki.fi/en/laitteet-ja-pelit/linnunrata|archive-date=2016-06-27|language=de}}</ref>
|[[Linnunrata]]
|Sit-Down Coaster
|0:50
|360
|{{tick}}
|{{dts|2016-05-01|format=mdy}}
|[[Zierer]]
|[[VR Coaster]]
|[[Linnanmäki]]
|{{FIN}}
|Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland
|
|-
|{{cross}}
|[[The New Revolution: Virtual Reality Coaster|The New Revolution Virtual Reality Coaster]]
|[[Goliath (La Ronde)|Goliath]]
|[[Hypercoaster|Hyper Coaster]]
|
|1231
|{{tick}}
|{{dts|2016-05-19|format=mdy}}
|[[Bolliger & Mabillard]]
|[[VR Coaster]]
|[[La Ronde (amusement park)|La Ronde]]
|{{CAN}}
|Montréal, Québec
|
|-
|{{cross}}
|Iron Dragon
|[[Iron Dragon (roller coaster)|Iron Dragon]]
|Suspended Coaster
|2:00
|853
|{{tick}}
|{{dts|2016-05-24|format=mdy}}
|[[Arrow Dynamics]]
|[[VR Coaster]]
|[[Cedar Point]]
|{{USA}}
|Sandusky, Ohio
|
|-
|{{cross}}
|[[The New Revolution (roller coaster)|Galactic Attack Virtual Reality Coaster]]
|[[Ninja (Six Flags St. Louis)|Ninja]]
| Sit-Down Coaster
|2:00
|740.7
|{{tick}}
|{{dts|2016-05-24|format=mdy}}
|[[Vekoma]]
|[[VR Coaster]]
|[[Six Flags St. Louis]]
|{{USA}}
|Eureka, Missouri
|
|-
|{{cross}}
|[[The New Revolution (roller coaster)|SUPERMAN Ride of Steel Virtual Reality Coaster]]
|[[Superman – Ride of Steel|Superman - Ride of Steel]]
|[[Hypercoaster|Mega Coaster]]
|2:10
|1630.7
|{{tick}}
|{{dts|2016-06-08|format=mdy}}
|[[Intamin|Intamin Amusement Rides]]
|[[VR Coaster]]
|[[Six Flags America]]
|{{USA}}
|Upper Marlboro, Maryland
|
|-
|{{cross}}
|[[The New Revolution (roller coaster)|SUPERMAN Krypton Coaster Virtual Reality Coaster]]
|[[Superman: Krypton Coaster|Superman Krypton Coaster]]
|[[Floorless Coaster]]
|2:35
|1226.8
|{{tick}}
|{{dts|2016-06-08|format=mdy}}
|[[Bolliger & Mabillard]]
|[[VR Coaster]]
|[[Six Flags Fiesta Texas]]
|{{USA}}
|San Antonio, Texas
|
|-
|{{cross}}
|[[The New Revolution (roller coaster)|SUPERMAN The Ride Virtual Reality Coaster]]
|[[Superman the Ride]]
|[[Hypercoaster|Mega Coaster]]
|2:35
|1645.9
|{{tick}}
|{{dts|2016-06-09|format=mdy}}
|[[Intamin|Intamin Amusement Rides]]
|[[VR Coaster]]
|[[Six Flags New England]]
|{{USA}}
|Agawam, Massachusetts
|
|-
|{{cross}}
|[[The New Revolution (roller coaster)|The New Revolution Virtual Reality Coaster]]
|[[Steamin' Demon]]
|Sit-Down Coaster
|0:37
|477
|{{tick}}
|June 20, 2016
|Arrow Dynamics
|[[VR Coaster]]
|[[Great Escape (amusement park)|Great Escape]]
|{{USA}}
|Queensbury, New York
|
|-
|{{tick}}
|Olandese Volante
|Olandese Volante
|Mine Train
|2.30
|681
|{{tick}}
|June 25, 2016
|Vekoma
|Moviemex3D
|Rainbow Magic Land
|{{ITA}}
|Valmontone (Rome)
|First Italian VR Coaster
|-
|{{cross}}
|Rage of the Gargoyles: Virtual Reality Coaster
|[[Demon]]
|Sit-Down Coaster
|1:45
|649
|{{tick}}
|August 10, 2016
|Arrow Dynamics
|[[VR Coaster]]
|[[Six Flags Great America]]
|{{USA}}
|Gurnee, Illinois
|
|-
|{{cross}}
|Rage of the Gargoyles: Virtual Reality Coaster
|[[Skull Mountain]]
|Sit-Down Coaster
|1:24
|420
|{{tick}}
|September 20, 2016
|[[Intamin|Intamin Amusement Rides]]
|[[VR Coaster]]
|[[Six Flags Great Adventure]]
|{{USA}}
|Jackson, New Jersey
|
|-
|{{cross}}
|Rage of the Gargoyles: Virtual Reality Coaster
|[[Kong (roller coaster)|Kong]]
|Suspended Looping Coaster
|1:36
|689
|{{tick}}
|September 22, 2016
|Vekoma
|[[VR Coaster]]
|[[Six Flags Discovery Kingdom]]
|{{USA}}
|Vallejo, California
|
|-
|{{cross}}
|Rage of the Gargoyles: Virtual Reality Coaster
|[[Shock Wave (Six Flags Over Texas)|Shock Wave]]
|Sit-Down Coaster
|2:00
|1097.3
|{{tick}}
|
|Schwarzkopf
|[[VR Coaster]]
|[[Six Flags Over Texas]]
|{{USA}}
|Arlington, Texas
|
|-
|{{cross}}
|Rage of the Gargoyles: Virtual Reality Coaster
|[[Ninja (Six Flags St. Louis)|Ninja]]
|Sit-Down Coaster
|2:00
|740.7
|{{tick}}
|
|[[Vekoma]]
|[[VR Coaster]]
|[[Six Flags St. Louis]]
|{{USA}}
|Eureka, Missouri
|
|-
|{{cross}}
|Rage of the Gargoyles: Virtual Reality Coaster
|[[Dare Devil Dive]]
|Sit-Down Coaster
|
|639.8
|{{tick}}
|
|Gerstlauer Amusement Rides
|[[VR Coaster]]
|[[Six Flags Over Georgia]]
|{{USA}}
|Austell, Georgia
|
|-
|{{cross}}
|Rage of the Gargoyles: Virtual Reality Coaster
|[[Goliath (La Ronde)|Goliath]]
|[[Hypercoaster|Hyper Coaster]]
|
|1231
|{{tick}}
|
|[[Bolliger & Mabillard]]
|[[VR Coaster]]
|[[La Ronde (amusement park)|La Ronde]]
|{{CAN}}
|Montréal, Québec
|
|-
|{{tick}}
|Freedom Flyer 2.0
|[[Freedom Flyer]]<ref name=":0" />
|[[Suspended Family Coaster]]
|1:00
|395
|{{tick}}
|{{dts|2016-11-16|format=mdy}}
|[[Vekoma]]
|[[VR Coaster]]
|[[Fun Spot America]]
|{{USA}}
|Orlando, Florida
|-
|{{cross}}
|[https://www.sixflags.com/magicmountain/attractions/santas-wild-sleigh-ride Santa's Wild Sleigh Ride]
|[[The New Revolution (roller coaster)|The New Revolution]]
|Sit-Down Coaster
|2:12
|1053.7
|{{tick}}
|{{dts|2016-11-19|format=mdy}}
|Schwarzkopf
|[[VR Coaster]]
|[[Six Flags Magic Mountain]]
|{{USA}}
|Valencia, California
|Christmas Special
|-
|{{cross}}
|SHAMAN
|[[Magic Mountain (roller coaster)]]
|Sit-Down Coaster
|2:00
|700
|{{tick}}
|2017
|Vekoma
|Figment Productions
|[[Gardaland]]
|{{ITA}}
|Castelnuovo del Garda, Veneto
|
|-
|{{tick}}
|Arkham Asylum
|[[Arkham Asylum – Shock Therapy]]
|Suspended Looping Coaster
|1:42
|765
|{{tick}}
|2016-17
|[[Vekoma]]
|[[VR Coaster]]
|[[Warner Bros. Movie World]]
|{{AUS}}
|Gold Coast, Queensland
|-
|{{tick}}
|Evangelion XR Ride
|[[Space Fantasy - The Ride]]
|Sit-Down Coaster
|
|585
|{{tick}}
|January 13, 2017
|[[Mack Rides]]
|[[VR Coaster]]
|[[Universal Studios Japan]]
|{{JPN}}
|Osaka, Osaka
|This ride is a part of the  "Universal Cool Japan 2017" event, concluded on June 25, 2017.
|-
|{{tick}}
|Dæmonen Virtual Reality
|[[Dæmonen]]
|[[Floorless Coaster]]
|1:46
|564
|{{tick}}
|April 6, 2017
|[[Bolliger & Mabillard]]
||[[VR Coaster]]
|[[Tivoli Gardens]]
|{{DNK}}
|Copenhagen
|
|-
|{{tick}}
|Tren de la Mina VR Coaster
|Tren de la Mina
|Sit-Down Coaster
|1:46
|564
|{{tick}}
|May 20, 2017
|Gerstlauer Amusement Rides GmbH
||[[VR Coaster]]
|[[Parque de Atracciones de Madrid]]
|{{ESP}}
|Madrid
|
|-
|{{tick}}
|Astral Vision
|WindstarZ
|Family Rides
|2:01
|480
|{{tick}}
|March, 2017
|[[Zamperla]]
|[http://www.astral-v.com/ Astral Vision]
|[[Luna Park, Coney Island (2010)|Luna Park]]
|{{USA}}
|New York
|
|-
|{{cross}}
|Master Thai VR Coaster
|Master Thai
|Sit-Down Coaster
|2:10
|
|{{tick}}
|May 20, 2017
|[[Preston & Barbieri]]
||[[VR Coaster]]
|[[Mirabilandia (Italy)|Mirabilandia]]
|{{ITA}}
|Savio
|
|-
|{{tick}}
|Titan VR Coaster
|Titan
|Sit-Down Coaster
|1:20
|823
|{{tick}}
|January 14, 2017
|[[Sansei Technologies]]
||[[VR Coaster]]
|Selva Mágica
|{{MEX}}
|Guadalajara
|
|-
|{{cross}}
|Galactic Attack: Mind Eraser Virtual Reality Coaster
|Mind Eraser
|[[Suspended Looping Coaster]]
|1:36
|689
|{{tick}}
|May 20, 2017
|[[Vekoma]]
||[[VR Coaster]]
|[[Six Flags New England]]
|{{USA}}
|Agawam
|
|-
|{{cross}}
|Galactic Attack: Mind Eraser Virtual Reality Coaster
|Mind Eraser
|[[Suspended Looping Coaster]]
|1:36
|689
|{{tick}}
|May 20, 2017
|[[Vekoma]]
||[[VR Coaster]]
|[[Six Flags America]]
|{{USA}}
|Upper Marlboro
|
|-
|{{tick}}
|Joyride Virtual Reality Coaster
|Joyride
|Sit-Down Coaster
|1:15
|280
|{{tick}}
|May 20, 2017
|L&T Systems
||[[VR Coaster]]
|Powerland
|{{FIN}}
|Kauhava
|
|-
|{{tick}}
|French Revolution 2.0 VR
|French Revolution
|Sit-Down Coaster
|1:45
|
|{{tick}}
|November 26, 2016
|[[Vekoma]]
||[[VR Coaster]]
|[[Lotte World]]
|{{KOR}}
|Seoul
|
|-
|{{tick}}
|Batman: Arkham Asylum VR Coaster
|Batman: Arkham Asylum
|[[Inverted Coaster]]
|1:20
|823
|{{tick}}
|May 20, 2017
|[[Bolliger & Mabillard]]
||[[VR Coaster]]
|[[Parque Warner Madrid]]
|{{ESP}}
|Madrid
|
|-
|{{tick}}
|Steampunk Hunters
|Western-Expressen
|Sit-Down Coaster
|1:15
|335
|{{tick}}
|April 22, 2017<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tusenfryd.no/en/in-the-park/attractions/steampunk-hunters|access-date=25 May 2018|title=Steampunk Hunters}}</ref>
|[[Vekoma]]
|[[VR Coaster]]
|[[Tusenfryd]]
|{{NOR}}
|Vinterbro, Akershus
|
|-
|{{tick}}
|Gletscherblitz
|Gletscherblitz
|[[Powered roller coaster|Powered Coaster]]
|
|
|{{tick}}
|March 24, 2018
|[[Mack Rides]]
|[[VR Coaster]]
|Steinwasen Park
|{{DEU}}
|Oberried, Baden-Württemberg
|
|-
|{{tick}}
|Dream Catcher VR
|Dream Catcher
|Swinging Turns
|2:44
|600
|{{tick}}
|June 23, 2018
|[[Vekoma]]
|[[VR Coaster]]
|[[Bobbejaanland]]
|{{BEL}}
|Lichtaart, Antwerp
|
|-
|{{tick}}
|Eurosat Coastiality
|[[Eurosat - CanCan Coaster]]
|[[Indoor roller coaster]]
|3:20
|900
|{{tick}}
|September 13, 2018
|[[Mack Rides]]
|MackMedia and [[VR Coaster]]
|[[Europa-Park]]
|{{DEU}}
|Rust, Baden-Württemberg
|Coaster features separate stations for VR and non VR ride on the same roller coaster. VR riders enter the coaster train with VR headset already on. 
|-
|{{tick}}
|Den Hemmelige Verden
|Viktor Vandorm
|Sit-Down Coaster
|
|750
|{{tick}}
|2018
|[[Zierer]]
|[[VR Coaster]]
|[[BonBon-Land]]
|{{DNK}}
|Holme-Olstrup, Sjælland
|
|-
|{{tick}}
|Virtual Express
|Tibidabo Express
|[[Powered roller coaster|Powered Coaster]]
|
|
|{{cross}}
|2017
|[[Zamperla]]
|[[VR Coaster]]
|[[Tibidabo Amusement Park|Tibidabo]]
|{{ESP}}
|Barcelona
|Similar film about "Schloss Balthasar" as at Europa-Park
|-
|{{Tick}}
|Crazy Bats
|[[Crazy Bats]]
|[[Indoor roller coaster|Enclosed roller coaster]]
|4:00
|1300
|{{Tick}}
|June 25, 2019
|[[Vekoma]]
|[[Ambient Entertainment]]
|[[Phantasialand]]
|{{DEU}}
|Brühl
|Film about the three bats from the German film [[Monster Family]]
|-
|{{tick}}
|Wilde Maus
|Wilde Maus XXL
|[[Wild Mouse roller coaster|Wild Mouse]]
|2:30
|585
|{{tick}}
|
|[[Mack Rides]]
|[[VR Coaster]]
|Traveling
|{{DEU}}
|
|
|-
|{{tick}}
|VR Rollercoaster (高空VR过山车)
|VR Rollercoaster (高空VR过山车)<ref>[https://rcdb.com/3218.htm VR Rollercoaster, RCDB]. Retrieved 2021-10-03</ref>
|[[Vekoma Junior Coaster|Junior Coaster]]
|
|320
|{{tick}}
|1996
|[[Vekoma]]
|
|[[Oriental Pearl Tower]]
|{{PRC}}
|[[Shanghai]]
|
|-
|{{tick}}
|Hurricane 360
|Hurricane 360 VR
|Youngstar Coaster
|2:11
|400
|{{tick}}
|
|[[Mack Rides]]
|Ambient Entertainment, DOF Robotics, [[VR Coaster]] and MackMedia
|[[Chimelong Paradise]]
|{{PRC}}
|Guangzhou
|The same film which has formerly been used at Pegasus at Europa-Park
|-
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Virtual reality roller coasters| ]]
[[Category:Virtual reality]]
[[Category:Roller coasters|Virtual reality]]
[[Category:Amusement rides lists|Virtual reality]]