Has Alton Towers just introduced the most surprising rollercoaster EVER?

Alton Towers lodge this morning provided a sneak height into its new rollercoaster Galactica – a experience completely committed to virtual fact, an international first.

Set to open to the public in April 2016, Galactica thrillseekers put on a digital fact headset which displays footage synchronised to the trip's thrilling twists, turns and loops.

Digital truth pictures mixed with the sensation of hurtling circular the rollercoaster, Galactica allegedly presupposed to recreate the feeling of hurtling through space with a G force extra strong than an actual rocket launch (astronauts more commonly experience a maximum G-force of around 3gs for the duration of a rocket launch, whereas riders on Galactica might be put by way of a maximum G-drive of 3.5gs)

every rider wears a professional VR headset. Via this, an on-board artificial intelligence guides them from the launch pad up into house, flying and looping past the celebs, banking by means of wormholes and rushing throughout undiscovered galaxies, revealing the wonders of the cosmos in lovely clarity.

Viewers will experience in a prone function alongside the 840-metre long (2,760 ft) track, to recreate the sensation of flying.

Galactica's epic house theme is ready to be massively standard following Tim Peake's maiden voyage into space in December 2015.

Its beautiful, excessive-high-quality visuals provide an immersive expertise that feels breathtakingly practical.

House exploration will proceed to dominate the news agenda in 2016 with a NASA mission to Mars and a spacecraft touchdown on Jupiter, a experience that has taken 5 years.

Speakme of the new appeal, Gill Riley, advertising Director at Alton Towers motel mentioned: "Galactica uses floor breaking technological know-how to provide riders a panoramic and entirely certain rollercoaster expertise.

"Tim Peake captured the imagination of hundreds of thousands of Brits last yr when he set off on his mission to the worldwide space Station - and now our visitors can end up astronauts too.

"there may be nowhere else on this planet that persons can expertise the feeling of a flying rollercoaster combined with soaring by means of the universe.

"for two minutes, our company will be transported into area and we believe Galactica showcases the long run for theme parks around the globe - it's a complete game changer!"