VR-Enabled Treadmill Could Make Your Living Room Infinite
A new VR-enabled treadmill could completely change the way you work out, and its creators believe it could find a home with gamers, the military, tourists, and even first responders with its 360-degree movement system.
The OmniPad, currently running a crowdfunding campaign on...
Winter is officially upon us. Christmas trees are down and now it’s just January. Gloomy and unmotivated January. Not today, friends! Today, we get off this couch, we put on our visors and we begin the VR workout for winter that will keep your blood pumping.
But Why? Every Winter...
Gun Beat
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Combining elements of the first-person shooter, rhythm, and bullet hell genres, Gun Beat will push your VR gaming capabilities to the limits. Using motion-tracking controllers on either Rift or Vive, you must blast away at the enemies on screen. Unlike in other shooters, however, you’ll be judged on...
It’s the New Year and many have taken on the ambitious goal of getting fitter. Viral squats challenges are motivating many to hit the ground running, working up to 100+ squats! We here at VRFI are all about meeting goals, and we’re here to help you figure out how...
If you've been looking for a simple beginner's training course, look no further.
VR Fitness Insider is filled to the brim with information about choosing the right games, gear, and health hacks to boost your fitness-building potential in VR. But when you're new to the site, it might be tough...
Locomotion in VR still has a ways to go before it’s where it needs to be. Developers have created some great ways to traverse VR landscapes, my favorites being blink teleportation and free locomotion. Still, we’re not really getting the sense as gamers that we’re actually moving. CyberShoes hopes...
HTC made a surprise announcement at CES 2019, but its Twitter account hinted at big things to come. We think the company had a big year this year, even if the buzz is all over Oculus’ Quest visor. HTC, meanwhile, was unveiling ProEye. The upgrade to the Pro has...
Virtual reality is changing our approach to fitness and weight loss. Whether someone is currently a sedentary, middle-aged person with back problems or a healthy 30-year-old who runs marathons, it’s possible for anyone to use VR as a tool for better health.
Recently I spoke with some developers, promoters, and...
CES is upon us, and a new dimension is open in VR and VR Fitness trends. The show is all about establishing the consumer electronics trends of tomorrow, showing off how we might use our appliances or view our world.
So, what has CES taught us about the future of...
Imagine taking a stroll through the world of Skyrim. Not just using wands and walking around, but actually feeling the cool windy air. In combat, you would feel the impact blocking strikes with your shield or swinging your sword.
That’s the dream of the Teslasuit: new haptic technology returning...
It can be difficult to work up enough motivation to jump up off the couch and into a daily workout, but one legendary name in exercise equipment is looking to change that.
At CES 2019 in Las Vegas, attendees were treated to a veritable cornucopia of new and exciting virtual...
You've probably heard or said at least one of these.
Alright, so VR fitness gaming is admittedly a weird hybrid of sorts. A mish-mash of gaming, exercise, and VR.
Development cycles for active VR games are only now beginning to take shape, and even so, the hardware still hasn't reached an...
How do I structure a VR Fitness routine? Do I just play a game, or is there more to it?
I asked these questions when I first began my journey into VR fitness, both as a writer and as someone who wanted to get fit. I enjoy hiking and backpacking,...
For now, you can find everything you need inside the Beat Saber Mod Manager.
The Beat Saber hype train is rolling along steadily now that PSVR users are finally getting a taste of the action. Following the 2018 holiday season, the loudest clamoring from the broader Beat Saber playerbase has...
VR fitness is a bit different from the typical gaming experience. It thrives on the gamified concepts like growing stronger, or engaging narratives, but the emphasis is on your ability. You become the controller in VR fitness, and you must have good stamina and endurance to keep up.
We’re here...
When played together, these three fundamental VR fitness titles form the backbone of a complete full-body workout.
Following the initial ground floor of consumer-grade 6DOF VR landing in 2017, the catalog has filled up with VR games and applications that mix gameplay with physical activity. Since then, we've heralded a...
Few movie characters are more heroic, noble, tragic yet total ninja badass than Maximus Decimus Meridius, played to perfection by Russell Crowe in arguably the greatest movie ever made, Gladiator!
VirtualAge’s Gladius is the closest experience you can get to strapping on his sandals, donning his helmet and marching bravely...
It may seem like common knowledge that adults are supposed to clock in a minimum of 7 hours of sleep a night to function and stay healthy. For some of us, sleep comes when our head meets the pillow. For the rest of us, falling to sleep can become...
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...
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...