{"id":18170,"date":"2017-08-30T22:26:20","date_gmt":"2017-08-31T05:26:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/?p=18170"},"modified":"2020-11-18T04:12:35","modified_gmt":"2020-11-18T12:12:35","slug":"new-york-virtual-reality-vr-coaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/new-york-virtual-reality-vr-coaster\/","title":{"rendered":"New York-New York’s Roller Coaster Set to Be a VR Coaster"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Virtual reality seems to be taking over Las Vegas, and the iconic roller coaster at New York-New York is rumored to be converting to a VR Coaster soon.<\/p>\n

Virtual reality roller coasters<\/a>, or VR Coasters, have been in existence since 2015, and there are currently about 20 operating at theme parks throughout the U.S.<\/p>\n

On VR Coasters, riders don virtual reality headsets, and animations inside the headsets are synchronized to the movements of the real world roller coaster.<\/p>\n

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Hold onto your virtual moobs.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The conversion of the Big Apple Coaster at New York-New York<\/a> to a VR Coaster is a brilliant business move. It provides a unique experience, it encourages those who have ridden the coaster before to do it again, and it also gives the resort an opportunity to bump up the ticket price to enhance the bottom line.<\/p>\n

At the moment, tickets for the Big Apple Coaster are a very reasonable $15.<\/p>\n

Once the coaster becomes a virtual reality roller coaster, the price could be bumped up to $20 or more. Multiply that $10 increase over the approximately (self-reported) 1.4 million customers each year, and New York-New York and its parent company, MGM Resorts, are in for a windfall.<\/p>\n

Here’s a look at a promotional video for VR Coasters, although, from what we hear, there’s no video that can really show the exhilaration guests experience on a VR-equipped ride.<\/p>\n

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