If you’re an Oculus Quest owner and appreciate the pugilistic arts then October is something of a bonanza month for you with two excellent boxing titles released on the platform. Like the other release Thrill of the Fight which I’ll also be covering Knockout League comes to Quest from PC having enjoyed considerable success on…
Achievements used to be called “unlockables,” and they were mostly just fun tricks in the game that showed off mastery. The Xbox 360 popularized this concept with its achievement system, which granted players points they could use to show off their gamerscore. The idea being that mastery of a game meant scoring 100% in achievements…
The first Belgian VR Championship, presented by GameForce and RAVEN, will be held in Mechelen, Belgium on October 6 with a prize pool of 2,000 euros. GameForce, the largest game fair in Belgium, is basically the Belgian version of E3. This is the sixth edition of the fair and it will feature AAA games, indie…
I’ve been a freelancer for about four years now, and I’m willing to bet some of you reading today’s post are freelancers too. First off: congratulations! You’ve chosen a difficult profession, you manage your workload and life balance, and you’ve stuck with it. These weren’t easy choices. And fitness doesn’t need to be either. I’m…
At VR Fitness Insider, we are a bit biased when it comes to using VR as a fitness tool. We honestly use it every day and constantly look for new ways to leverage this immersive technology to help people get more active. I love it when I run across people using VR to workout in….
Humor and melee combat don’t generally go hand-in-hand, but that looks to be what PlatformaVR is offering with Mace and Grace. The new medieval combat game takes cute cartoon warriors and lets you literally tear them limb from limb with an arsenal of brutal weapons. Incoming! From the creators of destination VR experiences like The…
Thrill of the Fight January 23rd Update If you’re a fan of using virtual reality for exercise than chances are high that you are already familiar with Ian Fitz’s Thrill of the Fight. Launched way back in 2016 it instantly became the ultimate lung buster, the benchmark against which all other wannabe fitness titles are…
VR makes a promise that critics argue it sometimes falls short of: your body as the controller. There are plenty of full body experiences in VR, so this claim is already pretty far out there, but we all want to step and move in our games. With Cybershoes, that dream is reality. The strap-on accessory…
2018 flew by in the VR world. It’s crazy to think how much progress we’ve made as a platform and as a fitness tool. Developers are finally embracing the physicality of VR and players are diving head first into free locomotion. Multiplayer is a bigger deal now, and even though it’s got a long way…
HTC created a $99 device that adds real-world tactile objects into the game world. Dubbed the Vive Tracker, its most novel use was in apps like VR Chat. Users would attach them to their waist for a full-body tracking simulation, but the device has attachments and accessories that make it usable in other ways. One…