You know your stuff. You have trained hundreds of people and made their fitness dreams come true. You have been studying health and fitness for as long as you can remember. It’s your life. It’s your passion. And it’s your livelihood.
So how do you build your own personal...
If you’ve spent any time playing games on any platform in the last five years, you’ve killed your fair share of zombies. Now that zombies have fully integrated into virtual reality, it begs a very important question: How fit are these games for your next VR workout? Surely killing...
Let’s face it: There are a lot of new VR games out there. We know it. We love it. But it can be hard to know if you should play any given game for your next VR workout. But don’t worry, we’ve got you covered. We picked out four...
The many health and fitness benefits of virtual reality continue to add up! A recent study has proven that the avatars people use while in VR experiences can actually be effective for helping people improve their behavior to be more healthy! If you've not been paying attention, avatars are...
What makes virtual reality so successful as an exercise device? It's the ability to feel nothing at all like exercising. The better a game can be at getting you moving and raising your heart rate, without you ever thinking about how much you’re working or how hard you’re breathing,...
The leading virtual reality fitness innovators at Icaros have juse released a new experience on their flying VR machine and it's a great evolution of their fitness training approach. Gravity is the third game experience from Icaros. The new game takes you from space to earth in what could be...
Video games sure have come a long way from the days of Atari, Commodore 64 and the classic Nintendo Entertainment System. Like all technology, the evolution of the medium comes in waves and the big wave of gaming today is all happening in virtual reality. But VR games aren't...
We've covered that gaming in VR can drastically improve your fitness. Research supports this fact and that's exactly why you're here. But what if I told you that gaming in VR could actually also improve your balance, in addition to your fitness, and your overall health, no matter how...
We're not the type of site that likes to say we told you so, but this time we just can't resist. We've long been proponents of VR gaming and it's positive impact on fitness and health and recent research has just helped prove our point even more. The research...
One of the biggest issues that virtual reality as a platform will someday have to overcome is what I refer to as “the curse of player movement.” This curse is actually a complex array of issues that make it difficult and seemingly impossible for players to be tracked and...
Full disclosure: I keep reviewing these games that get me so hyped up over the trailer that I begin thinking about how great the game could be but I quickly find myself being disappointed at how far the game fell from the pedestal that I put it on. A...
Let's face it: Lengthy hospital stays can become very bleak no matter what your ailment. While some conditions can't be reversed, there is some help coming to patients who are being struck with the sheer isolation and loneliness that is inevitable when you're getting treatment. That help is coming...
Sometimes people get a little too preoccupied with what's new and exciting that they forget about the tried, tested and true methods. Fitness in VR can be an evolution, and at least for today's means, it has to be. You can't expect the idea of getting fit to suddenly...
Wouldn't it be nice if your phone could help you stop smoking? Well, consider this morning Christmas for smokers, because it actually is now possible thanks to kick the habit with MindCotine and VR. This affordable smartphone solution provides a series of virtual reality experiences and specialized biofeedback sensors to...
Virtual reality fitness is a brand new category for the fitness world. It’s unlike anything that has come before and will change the commercial and home fitness equipment market in revolutionary ways. Best of all, it will help people to adhere to their fitness programs and get better results...
In a very short time, VR has grown far beyond just being a headset and some cool graphics. There are all sorts of devices designed to make the virtual worlds more vivid and real. These devices are built to mimic physical sensations and they include robotic hands, gloves, body...
I'm convinced that the people who made this game are either serous Spider-man fans or they just really hate conventional methods to get around town. Why else would you use a series of chains suspended from they sky to get around? We couldn't think of a good reason, but...
When it comes to virtual reality, it's easy to fall into the stereotype that most users are acne-laden teens donning VR headsets and engaging in childish games. This stereotype is gradually being destroyed day-by-day. The truth about VR is that it has unlimited potential. It is being used to...
We all know that we should workout at least three times a week. Unfortunately, we don’t, no matter how hard researchers try to convince us. Studies show that less than 20% of Americans actually get the recommended amount of exercise. Half of all baby boomers don’t exercise at all....
Let's address the elephant in the room: Sony's PlayStation VR virtual reality headset has enjoyed limited success in the consumer market. Convincing hardcore and casual gamers to don a virtual reality headset and play games with slightly inferior graphics has been a bit of a tough sell. At this...