September 18, 201113 yr comment_123475 Does anyone know if this will be live for Scarefest this year?
February 13, 201213 yr comment_131852 This is by far the best video of hex I have ever seen, headphones in, lights off, almost feel like I'm their!
February 14, 201213 yr comment_131894 Come back Archive/Electric Bill!!If you insist!I am glad you have enjoyed it, although I really should have put more effort in. The audio is in mono, for example. Whoops.Thanks for the compliments. I might give it a watch myself!
March 7, 201213 yr comment_133361 That's an awesome video!I've always been put off of Hex as I didn't know much about it and thought it was just a boring ride!Went on it in Feb half term and love it! Really glad I went on now!
September 1, 201410 yr comment_190434 Hex has had some fantastic changes made to it! When I visited a few days ago the audio in the vault was much, much louder creating an amazing atmosphere. Also, there was a thick smoke effect in the Octagon room, as well as some new lighting throughout, including strobes. Very impressed!
February 7, 20169 yr comment_227711 Heard a rumour from someone very reliable about Hex getting the VR treatment, can't wait to try that out!
February 7, 20169 yr comment_227713 Been hearing this to. Maybe they're waiting to see the feedback Galactica gets and then they'll implement it. Could potentially have it open by tail end of this year that way too. Gives them a chance to work on that side of the ruins too whilst the area isn't in use with driving school closed as well
February 7, 20169 yr comment_227715 am I right in thinking the video on VR is static? as in it's not gonna move left and right if you turn your head? (idk much about it at all) if so then isn't hex an odd ride to have it on considering being able to look around the room is what makes it so disorienting and your head movement isn't limited with any restraint?
February 7, 20169 yr comment_227716 am I right in thinking the video on VR is static? as in it's not gonna move left and right if you turn your head? (idk much about it at all) if so then isn't hex an odd ride to have it on considering being able to look around the room is what makes it so disorienting and your head movement isn't limited with any restraint? Video in VR isn't static, it would move left and right.
February 8, 20169 yr comment_227722 Video in VR isn't static, it would move left and right. oh well in that case, this could be great
February 8, 20169 yr comment_227723 Looks like shipping containers are about to get a new friend called VR. VR for everybody!
February 8, 20169 yr comment_227726 Not VR, but AR. (Is that the correct terminology? Augmented Reality. I've not got much idea about these things! Rather than a mask replacing your vision it includes what you are really looking at real time and then adds to it.) If that's the case then DBGT is the test, not Galactica. I can see that having a lot of potential on Hex, especially in the Octagon which is slightly lacking in effects and always will be what with it being a real old protected building.
February 8, 20169 yr comment_227729 HAHA oh dear Theme parks are so crap now that such rumours even exist, or that the rides even shut in the first place, and that its been half broken for years If people genuinely love VR theme park add ons then that's fine, but youre forcing out decades of cultural following, expertise and learning within the industry. Personally I'm happy to stop caring about theme parks and let a new wave take over, but the implications of where things are headed are such a shame
February 8, 20169 yr comment_227731 I believe that VR will be a theme park game changer - but not in a positive way. What does the future hold for real theming when it can be replaced by a screen in front of you? AR however seems like it could have a larger positive impact....
February 8, 20169 yr comment_227742 Yay let's mess up the best dark ride in the UK with the latest technology fad and probably make a meal of it... Sigh, so done with Merlin atm...
February 8, 20169 yr comment_227747 I agree with what Jack has said. If it adds to the experience and enhances it, I'm all for it. But if it's just a pointless shoe-horned gimmick then not so much.
February 8, 20169 yr comment_227749 I'm impressed people believe me, especially as the last rumour I started was Stealth being rethemed to a Tesco conveyor belt.
February 8, 20169 yr comment_227750 Well it would be stupid, but wouldn't be that much of a shock. The Smiler was first considered to use the VR tech and that IS true!
February 8, 20169 yr comment_227762 You may have made it up but Merlin are seriously considering doing more VR smothering on other rides, and all that could really stop such a fad is if Galactica isn't a hit this year .
February 8, 20169 yr comment_227764 For Alton Towers I hope galactica is a hit. For the future of theme parks I hope galactica isn't a hit. Although you made up this Hex rumour, it seems very probable...
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