Insomniac Games' Stormland is coming to Oculus Rift next month, and the game is shaping up to be an engrossing open-world adventure. However, it is also hiding VR fitness potential made possible by its climbing system.
Climb, climb, climb
Speaking to the Oculus blog, principal designer Duncan Moore explained how climbing...
Virtuix, developer of the Omni Arena virtual reality esports attraction, has teamed up with HP to present the 2020 Omni Arena esports series with a $100,000 cash prize pool.
The Omni treadmill is a unique motion platform that enables 360-degree movement while the player is in virtual reality. This means...
The VR Master League has announced season 2 of Contractors, a 5v5 team-based competitive shooter from Caveman Studio. Sign-ups are open now and matches are being generated.
Contractors was released in December 2018 and by March it had been added to the VR Master League. There were 104 players signed...
VR esports action continues in the Pavlov VR Master League Autumn Championship as four teams advance to the final games of season 5 next weekend. With a prize pool of over $1,000 in merchandise and coupons, plus the ever-important bragging rights, competition intensified as the best Pavlov teams in...
Although I’m a competitive person, my legs were somewhat messed up when I was young so I couldn’t compete in sports with the other kids, but my brother and I would go to the local pool hall to play foosball. Although I wasn’t actually running across the field playing...
October is proving to be a great month for Quest boxing fans. With the popular Punch-Out style arcade game Knockout League releasing on Quest on the 17th, users were given the opportunity to get off their sofas and beat up a weird assemblage of human and animal opponents in...
The newest application from YUR is going to change VR fitness forever. Seriously. The YUR PC application, launching in beta today, is the newest product from Cix—a figurehead for VR fitness—and the YUR team—a group of VR pioneers passionate about making gamers fit.
YUR in its prior state has arguably...
Knockout League (Quest)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9K-sPu_wwE
Available on Oculus Quest for the first time, Knockout League is a VR boxing game for arcade fans. It ditches the realism for a goofy single-player experience, but that doesn’t mean you can be sloppy. Punching and careful dodges are still crucial to success, and you’ll face...
The Problem With the Oculus Quest...
Arguably the most exciting news at the Oculus OC6 conference just gone was the announcement that the Quest would soon be getting a special cable, called Link, that will allow connectivity to a PC. This will enable all PC owning Quest users to play...
If you've ever dealt with a chronically sore shoulder, you know it can be debilitating and depressing. However, it appears that virtual reality could be a key factor in increasing your range of motion. It all comes down to training your brain differently, and VR pain management developer Karuna...
When I think of the word ‘ninja’, my mind evokes certain ideas and associations. I think of stealth, shadows, darkness, subterfuge, deception, and silent kills in the middle of the night. Let’s be clear at the outset, this is most definitely not what Ninja Legends is about! In Ninja...
Here at VR Fitness Insider, we are no stranger to the fact that VR, if used correctly and specifically for such, can afford you an awesome workout, but did you know that music can improve anaerobic and aerobic endurance performance? It’s true, according to a 2010 study music can...
The Collegiate VR Esports League welcomed ten additional universities for CVRE Season 3, nearly tripling their collegiate representation. As a result of the increased participation, numerous changes had to be made in the way CVRE tournaments are organized.
Several college-age enthusiasts started CVRE as a project in January 2018 after...
Asgard’s Wrath
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoQa0SuiGHk
One of the most ambitious and impressive virtual reality games ever made, Asgard’s Wrath demands every Rift owner’s attention. You play a risen Norse god in a magical land filled with monsters to battle, including a giant Kraken. You’ll make use of physics-based weapon combat to defeat them,...
Despite widespread rumors last week that Ready At Dawn had released a new player patch in Echo VR where players could compete with AI opponents, the patch actually had to be delayed due to an AI rebellion.
Originally slated for October 3, Ready At Dawn developer Wyvern sent out an...
VR Fitness Insider has partnered up with the team at VR Game Critics. They are displaying our VR Fit Score on their VR game reviews site.
VR Game Critics aggregate VR game reviews from multiple sources to give their readers all the different game reviews available. Now, if a VR...
Kluge Interactive's Synth Riders is one of the best ways to get moving in VR, and the dance-centric game is gaining momentum. Just in time for Halloween, you're going to be able to groove to more than two-dozen tracks in Oculus Quest. We only suggest you keep your ears...
Warriors in a post-apocalyptic world fight for survival in smartVR’s first-person shooter After-H, which is hosting an arcade tournament this month in Europe. Finals for the After-H Arcade Tournament will be played during Paris Games Week with a prize pool of 5,000 euros.
A trade fair held annually at the...
Oculus Quest - The Ultimate Piece of Cardio Equipment?
Why spend hundreds, if not thousands of dollars on cross trainers, treadmills and stationary bikes when you can get a physical workout in VR as varied as your game collection? Fight in a boxing ring, play tennis, engage in futuristic cybersports,...
Playing VR fitness games but aren't sure if you're doing so efficiently? The VR Health Institute's new VR Health Exercise app is here to help. Available today in beta on iOS and Android, the app makes use of meticulous research to give you accurate data on the fitness progress...