Six Flags launching virtual reality roller coasters

Six Flags has announced a partnership with Samsung that will see park-goers at nine locations given the chance to experience a roller coaster in virtual reality.

The companies announced that park-goers will ride a traditional roller coaster while wearing a Samsung Gear VR headset. This will let them "feel the heart-pumping adrenaline of steep drops, inverted loops and powerful twists and turns as gyros, accelerometers and proximity sensors synchronize all of the action in an incredibly realistic 360-degree virtual reality world."

On the New Revolution VR coasters, riders will be transported to "a futuristic battle to save planet Earth from an alien invasion," strapped into a fighter jet for air-to-air combat."