I’m so glad this is finally available to see! As much as many disliked the VR on Galactica, I will always have fond memories of this as it was my first ever encounter of the technology in 2016. Always loved the music on this too!

You guys are awesome, i never got to experience air with the VR so now i know what the video looked like, thanks!

@GLXYFPV

4 жыл бұрын

neither did I, it's nice to finally know what it looked like!

@jakepalorski7223

4 жыл бұрын

Kieran Kt stopped because people were complaining it gave them a headache. I mean come on that is borderline Incredibly dumb...

@MissLilyStar

4 жыл бұрын

guests also had the option to not wear the headsets so that’s a bit weird if that was the reason why they stopped them. i know people also complained about the queue taking ages because they had to wipe each one after every use

@altontomer711

3 жыл бұрын

*galactica

@Foxeral

3 жыл бұрын

Me too! I went during the coronavirus when everyone went mad in the summer so they weren’t doing VR.

Never knew the onboard soundtrack was so good!

@aidenstanley7305

3 жыл бұрын

@@legoluvva4438 I mean, the video was still awesome, just didn't get to hear the audio.

@dbgaming5952

2 ай бұрын

Imascore galactica theme song

Imagine this: Alton towers saves this video and puts it in a motion simulator flat ride in forbidden valley...

@Amusementnational

Жыл бұрын

The rate they are going I doubt we will see a new flat ride anytime soon 😂

Holy shit this is phenomenal. It's a damn shame it was removed and I won't get to experience it for real.

@DonovanN_

4 жыл бұрын

what ? Really ?

@chibiarts9029

3 жыл бұрын

Not fair I want to ride this now

@ollieheads374

3 жыл бұрын

It was very juddery and glitchy and not great quality on the ride, you didnt miss much

@bikerlad3138

2 жыл бұрын

@@ollieheads374 why did they remove it

@jorisbonson386

2 жыл бұрын

You're not missing a thing, trust me.

This was genuinely my favourite ride in the park with the headsets on. Shame it had such poor maintenance and they had to remove it. RIP.

@scpslfreak1353

3 жыл бұрын

@Michael no there is no vr anymore

@bradders_xd5278

3 жыл бұрын

Lewis, That's what you think, It was because every ride has a ride throughput, and it was becoming one of the slowest rides to remove the queue, normally Galactica before VR was pulling around 3,000 guests an hour, and it severely reduced that, because of the VR, meaning it would take longer each ride of loading/unloading.

@lewis9s

3 жыл бұрын

@@bradders_xd5278 Yeah, it’s definitely understandable why they did it but I really enjoyed when it worked.

@deststraw6085

2 жыл бұрын

@@bradders_xd5278 yeah right there is no way a flying coaster has 30 second dispatches. probably around 1.2-1.3k guests an hour. i cant think of a single coaster besides old ones with lap bar restrains that can dispatch in less than 30 seconds

@alexuk2000

Жыл бұрын

Not everyone likes VR. In fact it’s quite a small minority who genuinely do. Many also experience headache/nausea/dizziness from it. Not to mention they had to clean the headsets due to hygiene reasons/eye infections, which are quite serious. I’ve been going to the park all my life. I’m also a life long PC gamer. I’m glad this went. Wish they had invested in scenery and not the VR as Wardley also wanted.

Rip, a very unpopular opinion, however I really enjoyed the VR

@lewis9s

4 жыл бұрын

Same. It was my favourite ride with the headset.

@georginagerry5411

4 жыл бұрын

Wait does this ride not exist/have the headset anymore???

@georgecobley

4 жыл бұрын

@@georginagerry5411 i think they got rid of the vr sadly i didn't do it when i was going too when it had it

@justjack8909

3 жыл бұрын

they did have two stations so they could have made a system around VR/non-VR stations instead of rows

@marlz7008

3 жыл бұрын

Me 2

This VR was amazing! I rode it twice with VR. Once in the summer and once at scarefest. I loved it, however the headset slipped off my eyes and i had to hold it on. I prefer it without the VR but it was still amazing.

@lewis9s

4 жыл бұрын

That was my only complaint too, it slipped off soo easily. I pefered the VR though despite the long waits.

@jorisbonson386

2 жыл бұрын

Yep VR on this ride definitely a backward step. AIR ftw

Thank you, someone who actuall gives REAL footage for the vr. 👍🥳

brilliant job! first actual VR footage I've seen from galactica!

Unpopular opinion but the VR was actually pretty good especially for me as I have a fear of heights so this really helped

This is awesome to be able to see again! A shame it isn’t actual 360 footage for use with a personal VR headset but nevertheless it’s cool!

@pigeon1873

4 жыл бұрын

Theme Park Mania I don’t think they ever had 360° footage; I don’t think you could move the headsets

@themeparkenthusiast169

4 жыл бұрын

You could! I rode it many times with VR and the whole purpose of being able to use Virtual Reality technology with the Samsung Gear VR headsets was to create a fully immersive reality you could look around. You could look around within your seat but the bulkyness of the VR rig and the close proximity of the restraints made it difficult to do so, but it was noticeable

@pigeon1873

4 жыл бұрын

Theme Park Mania oh I didn’t know that! Do you know if it was full 360° or just say 180° or so cause that’d be really cool!

@themeparkenthusiast169

4 жыл бұрын

There was no way to tell if it was full 360 as you couldn’t turn around in the train. From looking all the way up and down it seemed that way though!

@spinba11

4 жыл бұрын

It wasn’t full 360 degrees, when it was not synced properly you could see the edge of the video

Awesome video guys have been waiting for months 👍

Rode in 2016, didn't see the video because the bloody headset was broken! As cool as it is I'm glad it's not a VR coaster still. They should've put the money towards getting Air the original theming it deserved, although I guess that wouldn't have caught the public's attention nearly as much

@aidenstanley7305

3 жыл бұрын

Towers' gimmick is world-firsts. They had to do something to do with that.

I miss this so so much. Getting a good headset with that amazing IMAscore soundtrack was an amazing experience on an otherwise pretty boring coaster. We greatly miss it

This was my first ever VR experience that led to a special interest in VR. Thank you for sharing this!

This ride was my first experience with VR and it blew my mind.

I know people hated it but I really liked the vr, and since it was optional later in its life it meant that if you diddnt like it you could ride without, but if it was to stay I wish they kept the original headsets since they actually worked and stayed on your face unlike the second ones which would stay on until the first drop then fall off

Nostalgia, gutted to see it go

What would be awesome as well is a split screen as I'd love to see this alongside the non-VR POV to match them up, or maybe even an overlay semi transparent so they are merged, or both :) This music sounds so good in the park, especially in the evening with the ride lit up. Edit: this could actually be a really cool idea for the park to do in a flying theatre, could then be longer and bigger too, tagging it onto a coaster loses some of the coaster's environmental thrill and it's too short a time really, so that could work better, good as it is on a coaster.

@Deivids23

8 ай бұрын

You can search “galactica vr va non vr” and you csn aee a split screen version

This VR ride was the best ride I've ever been on!

As someone who never got to experience the ride, I'm glad this finally available! Now I wish that USJ would do the same thing for their limited edition XR Rides...

I was blown away by the VR. I didn't rate the coaster as AIR but the VR made it more exciting...shame it really didn't perform well in the real world but I miss it

Glad I can finally see what it was like. Whenever I tried VR, I'd have to look sideways to look down in vr

Thanks, like it.

Sucks we won’t get to see it on the ride again, would make such a difference to the ride.

I'd love to see a refit of the carriages with onboard audio using this . The soundtrack, everything about it is amazing!

Why is dose this look magical..

@ActixYT

3 жыл бұрын

Because it is

I love the music

perfect ride I went on it not too thrilling not too boring

I know a lot of people dont like the VR but this is my favourite ride at Alton Towers

This will always be air to me

cool id love to own one of these Galactica head sets

I saw this, I LOVE IT! 😍😍😍😍😍

@pandafield5893

Жыл бұрын

I seriously Shed a tear after seeing it! It was so beautiful

I miss the VR on galactica

I wish the VR was coming back

I'm glad I got the opportunity to go on with the vr before they removed it. Dead good ride

I really miss the vr😭

This looks amazing - wish I got to witness this. Is it possible, or if someone has done so already, recreate this with the vr alongside the pov of the ride itself?

@AttractionSource

2 жыл бұрын

Good suggestion!

It was a very strange and beautiful Sci fi experience when they had the vr it was cool 🌌

As much as I love the original version of Air. This seemed really cool in a way of rebranding a coster. I like the space theme vr. Shame never got to experience it. There was also the you me at six music that was added to the swarm ride for like a couple of days.

Looks so sick. Wish I rode it before the VR was removed

Bro I laughed hard when Kevin showed 💀

This VR made the ride my favourite in the UK! I wished they could have bring it back even if you used 1 queue line for VR and 1 without (maybe go over the bridge for VR?)

AR would be a great experience on Galactica as opposed to VR.

I found the VR to be quite an amazing experience, but it sadly slowed down the loading and unloading of the trains HUGELY, which made the queues twice as long as they were when it was Air. The ride's capacity was cut in half. As much as I enjoyed the VR experience, they were right to get rid of it. It would probably have been ditched now anyway due to... you know what!

@AttractionSource

2 жыл бұрын

Agree, good points.

@Dextronaut1

2 жыл бұрын

What? I don't know, why they stop it?

@Kw-sv2mo

Жыл бұрын

@@Dextronaut1 A.I.D.S mate. the dirty superspreaders of H.I.V. infected a small country with that shit

I have experienced this once, it's good and unique but made me feel dizzy, I struggled to keep the headset on whilst going upside down and it slowed down train loading, so I'm glad they've gotten rid of it but kept the awesome theming and soundtrack

I went on it around 20 times and only once the audi/video was fully in sync and screen was in focus, but boy it was a good ride. Sadly when it was out of sync/focus or poor audio ir didn't work and the queues were very poor. Amazing idea, but needed another station platform to get a decent throughput.

The one issue I had with the VR is that every time I went to ride it, there was no V-sync on my headseat, meaning there was awful tearing of the video whenever it moved.

RIP the VR, I miss it :/ I only got to use it once

this really reminds me of a flying theatre, and I think it would be a decent one if it was. great pov though!

I WANT THE VR BACKKK ;-;

I rode it for the first time about 4 years ago without VR. Shame I missed it I suppose 😢

Alton tower Is a fun place to go

I remember trying this for the first time and the headset fell off my head seconds into the ride lool but the VR wasn’t too good in my memory at least

god i would never do that, i’d go on the ride but i’d do it as air, mainly bc i feel really anxious if i’m on something like that and i cant see where i’m going

VR are best in alton towers

how did you get this , can i download for my vr head set , can i borrow it for a vlog too please , will send you a thank message👍

I really want to to ride this

I was only 9ish when this came out, i love thrill rides, technology and want to be an astronaut, i was to small and when i eventually got to go on they removed the VR 😢 oh well 🤣 is it coming back its just because it has posters of new *destinations* ? Edit: this is different than the ones i saw like 150+ times lol

Thanks for showing me because I went on the ride today but the vrs gone!!

@hmmpppsaywhat7878

2 жыл бұрын

Was the ride still good? We're going to Alton Towers at the end of May and I'm just hoping the rides can match Thorpe Park!

@Izzstarzzzz

2 жыл бұрын

@@hmmpppsaywhat7878 yes it was still very fun!!

This seems cool And if I use vr on galactica Well it won’t change much for me lol

@harryfoley2294

4 жыл бұрын

Pesadilla_gamer Yt sadly they’ve removed it

I would ride this if I wore the vr headset

Do you have the Galactica boarding video that plays in the station?

@joeleeming6037

4 жыл бұрын

Peepeepoopoo

@MyCuriousMind

4 жыл бұрын

Joe Leeming Excuse me? What was that for?

i went on galatica today but the vr couldn’t be used because of covid so i pratically got to ride air because it shut down before i had chance to go on it 😂

Did anyone ever upload the Audio Descriptive version? I requested it once when riding and it was quite interesting.

I actually really like the VR on galactica 😭

I think it would be cool if they kept galatica the same but a retrack with the vr headset and it would be about us fighting the new nemesis monster. I just think it would be cool to see the nemesis monster moving and look real

I rode this with vr once and I enjoyed it although my headset did fall off in the fly to lie part. Next time I went, it was removed and I prefer the ride without vr anyway

I feel like it’s better with no VR since the way it interacts with scenery is just great

My first ride that I couldn’t speak for 15 minutes after coming off gutted they removed it

More coasters should have VR

So the VR is gone now? Is it back to being Air as it first was way back when? Or is the ride gone?

I was looking down half the time because I was too lazy to lift me head up.

After I just saw this I immediately wanna go on galactica for the first time

@mart1n422

3 жыл бұрын

Sorry but they removed the vr

@loservibez8064

3 жыл бұрын

@@mart1n422 well that’s boring

@mart1n422

3 жыл бұрын

@@loservibez8064 ikr worst thing ever

When you ride it, is it an actual 3D VR experience or just a 360 video that completely lacks depth perception?

Is Said they took away the VR and I never got to experience the VR but still wet on the ride and is amazing

I do love galatica's theme tune just saying

How were you able to record this while your vr. headset on?

@AttractionSource

Жыл бұрын

It's actually the source file.

i really wanted to do the VR to over come my phoiba of heights

With the better tech now, more detailed environments and make it less... busy(?) it could be great. Exploding this and that, loud music, just calm it down a little. Make it a more ethereal flight experience in one location, with the sensations from the ride and all this its just overly stimulating.

how did you get this

It's a shame they got rid of this on the ride. I waas looking forward to showing my sister a good vr ride but now they've got rid of it.

Why did they remove this I’m still confused

So... why did they end up getting rid of the VR?

Its a shame that they got rid of the VR D:

For the record I hate roller-coasters but I'd definitely want to ride this but sadly it no longer exist

Is this actually galactica

Im fucking gutted i never got to experience this

Guys was it like that or not

A lot of the issues with this is that VR makes most people sick. So it was obviously going to get mixed reviews. A lot of people loved how it looked, however it made them feel sick afterwards

the VR was OK but i only got one VR ride. i wish i had one last go on the VR

WHY DID THEY TAKE VR OFF GALACTICA IT IS SOOO COOL

Im so upset i was never able to ride this while the VR was still inplace Ill forever be salty people complained about the queue times

Me watching this with a Meta Quest 2

cool in concept, didnt work so well in practice

@AttractionSource

Жыл бұрын

Agree!

Simple hack buy a quest 2 and play this video whilst on the ride 😎

@POTUSno45

3 жыл бұрын

I don’t think that would be allowed kid…

I wanted the be but the headsets were broken :(

The VR set was too big for me so I couldn’t wear it during the ride 😂

Why have they taken off the rv 😫😫😫