VR fitness is fun and rewarding, but it’s easy to think you’ll be stuck in the same few games just to get a workout. In fact, there is a diverse lineup of titles that offer a full body workout, cardio, or just some light activity. Newbies also have to...
Hey there, young blood! It’s me, not Doug Johnson. He’s busy training another fighter in VR and I’m here as a sub to fill in. Here are different tips and tricks to help Knockout League boxers get the most out of their training in Reflex Alley.
This VR arcade...
Echo Arena, the 3v3 competitive VR game and e-sport has gotten a few updates along with a new Lobby 2.0 (Patch 9.0). According to Echo Games Medium page, Ready At Dawn has rolled out a new layout for the Echo Arena lobby, increasing its size so much that it...
Moving to musical beats and dancing to the rhythm is something people have been doing since the dawn of time. Rumor would have it that a caveman’s first tools were for fire, weapons, and music! Technology continues this tradition with games like Beat Saber, a VR rhythm game created...
Get ready to punch on-the-go with a new ARKit application for iOS. Glowing Gloves follows in the “real boxing” vein of VR apps like Thrill of the Fight and Virtual Boxing League, but in the palm of your hands. Limber up those thumbs and develop a solid boxing stance....
Hand to hand combat feels like what VR was made for when it’s done right. Roomscale arenas, a virtual opponent programmed to be the aggressor, and your skills. Like hitting the bag, you will feel these sessions in your arms, your shoulders and your legs as you dance and...
MLB Home Run Derby VR
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYS67APstdU
Baseball fans unite! Major League Baseball’s true to life baseball sim is going to make you feel like you’ve just stepped onto the plate and are ready to hit baseballs outta the park. Play inside Marlins Park, Nationals Park, and Progressive Field as you become...
Jonathan Voudrie has a Bachelors degree in counseling, is in PTSD recovery, an Oculus Rift owner, and is a Twitch streamer that sees the potential for VR technology to improve people's lives. He talked with us about how VR has helped him get active, has helped his body become...
If you’re searching for the best Oculus games you can play for fitness then we’ve got ones that are going to leave you sweaty and ready for more! There are so many different types of VR games that anyone, regardless of their exercise level, can find one that they...
Virtual Boxing League is a fairly new boxing VR game that has great potential as a trainer, confidence booster, and a workout tool. There are also several mini-games you should take advantage of that will teach you, mechanics of the game, while working up a sweat. I’m particularly fond...
I’ve been on a bit of a personal quest to find the VR equivalent of an old Konami arcade machine called Police 911. You stood on a matt, which read the pressure of your foot while sensors on a rack above you tracked the motion of your gun and...
Gyms, cyclists, active individuals and even physical therapists should pedal on over to the Fit Immersion Indiegogo page to help fund the VR compatible indoor bike training system. They have set up a flexible goal of €10,000 or about $12,345 and have 23 days to reach it to bring their wireless...
Ready Player One: OASIS beta
https://youtu.be/4I6Lh6LrcpA
Video Credit to: vrgamecritic via YouTube
There are now 4 games for the OASIS beta: Smash, Rise of the Gunters, Battle for the OASIS, and Gauntlet. Vive expects to release more VR experiences for Ready Player One in the future. Smash is the newest game of...
Archery is an action intense activity that uses the entire body, especially in VR. Most people don’t realize that the legs, core, back and upper body muscles are all working together to stabilize the body to take an accurate shot in room scale. Even if you’re flinging arrows around...
Physical therapy helps restore muscles damaged by trauma, whether the athlete might have taken a substantial hit or overexerted during practice. At high-level play, physical therapy is almost like routine maintenance. As essential as a good practice routine.
VRHealth has created VRPhysio, a set of customizable exercise apps that...
Haptic suits, vests, and gloves for XR are known to have protective casings for exoskeleton designs that can add weight, wiring and a bit of extra heat to the wearer's body. In Potsdam, Germany researchers Pedro Lopes, Sijing You, Alexandra Ion and Patrick Baudisch from the Hasso-Plattner-Institute at The Human...
Yesterday, the FitXR Team announced that their Vive, Oculus, and Windows Mixed Reality compatible VR boxing workout, BOXVR, has gone from solo boxer to multiplayer! The update to the workout app had another surprise in store, it can be played with mp3’s and is now compatible with Itunes!
BOXVR...
Ride on a rocky and twisting trail through a redwood forest with the virtual sun on your face and a real breeze blowing through your hair. The VRee Motion team is designing and developing a VR compatible mountain quadricycle that players ride on a diverse looped map that’s 3...
Unexpected Baseball in a Fantasy Realm
The Wizards is an RPG style game where your hands are utilized to throw out various destructive spells that will damage and stop the evil ogres invading the towns under your protection. This workout is reminiscent of hitting the bullpen, but there is more...
Minneapolis’ WellnessVR by Visual, Inc. is bringing positivity and compassionate VR experiences to the elderly living in senior communities and activity programs. Virtual reality has rapidly become a legitimate life tool that doesn’t discriminate against age or ability. Rather, it is accepted by forward thinkers of all ages and...