FAIRGROUND RIDE, IN PARTICULAR ROLLER COASTER, AND METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR OPERATING A FAIRGROUND RIDE OF THIS TYPE

摘要

The present invention relates to a fairground ride (10), inparticular roller coaster, comprising a first section (12) whichcomprises a travel route (14) on which at least one vehicle (16)is movably arranged, wherein the vehicle (16) is designed foraccommodating at least one passenger (20), a second section (22)within which the passenger (20) can move freely, a third section(30) which connects the first section (12) to the second section(22) and in which the passenger (20) can enter the vehicle (16)and can exit from the vehicle (16), and a VR apparatus (32) forgenerating and depicting a virtual reality, with which a virtualreality corresponding to a journey of the passenger (20) withthe vehicle (16) along the travel route (14) in the firstsection (12), a virtual reality corresponding to the positionand movement of the passenger (20) in the second section (22)and a virtual reality corresponding to the entry and/or the exitof the passenger (20) in the third section (30) can be generatedand can be depicted on a head-mounted display assigned to thepassenger (20) depending on the position and the movement of thepassenger (20) on the fairground ride, wherein the VR apparatus(32) has a first position detection device (38) for detectingthe position of the vehicle (16) on the travel route (14), asecond position detection device (42) for detecting the positionand movement of the passenger (20) in the second and thirdsection (30), and a third position detection device (46) fordetecting the stopping position of the vehicle (16) in the thirdsection (30).