Augmented Thrill Ride Project The very first Oculus Rift VR rides on real roller coasters
In February 2014, I approached the german roller coaster manufacturer Mack Rides with the idea of extending a real roller coaster by wearing an Oculus Rift headset during the ride. I was wondering if it would be possible to replace the real environment by a synchronized virtual ride. At Mack Rides, they also saw the potential and entered this groundbreaking cooperation project with me and my students, providing us two roller coasters for research and testing (I m working as a professor
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