Yes, VR sometimes feels like a rollercoaster.
Yes, VR sometimes feels like a rollercoaster.
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Will Samsung’s virtual reality roller coaster make you sick?

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Samsung has been making the rounds with its virtual reality roller coaster experience. I decided not to give it a try, but I wonder if this will make you feel sick?

The South Korean electronics giant showed off the VR roller coaster using a motion platform, a Samsung Galaxy S7 smartphone, and the Samsung Gear VR headsets at the Samsung Developer Conference in San Francisco.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.