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Duo Sneak an Oculus Rift Onto Roller Coaster For a Wild Ride

Posted by timothy on from the keep-hands-and-arms-inside-the-cart-at-all-times dept.

New submitter bobbrocolli (3647945) writes "Equipped with a hidden laptop and Oculus Rift, O'Driscoll may be the first person to have ever gone on a 'Real VR' roller coaster with perfect motion feedback. The duo's system displayed a virtual version of the exact same roller coaster that O'Driscoll and Forder were on. With some practice they managed to sync the virtual reality roller coaster to the real rollercoaster."

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  1. WHERE THE HELL... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    IS THE FUCKING ARTICLE? As of now this is no better than a horse's shit.

    1. Re:WHERE THE HELL... by XanC · · Score: 3, Funny

      You know what's bad if you have motion sickness?

      Watching a video of a guy on a roller coaster watching a video of being on a roller coaster.

  2. Yo dawg, We heard you like rollercoasters by mekkab · · Score: 4, Funny

    so we put you in a VR rollercoaster while you were on a real rollercoaster so you can coast while you coast!

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  3. PIRATING ROLLERCOASTERS IS A CRIME!!!! by uCallHimDrJ0NES · · Score: 3, Funny

    Won't somebody stop this madness before Disneyworld, Six Flags, and King's Island are left poor and homeless like those poor Hollywood executives?

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