Another week, another rhythm game, right? I mean that’s all this looks like on the surface. But have you ever heard the phrase don’t judge a book by its cover? Because in VRWorkout, the book is filled with the most physically intense experience in all of VR. This is...
I’m not sure where the time has gone, but it’s been more than six months now since FitXR launched on the Oculus Quest, as a free, and mandatory replacement for the much loved (among VR fitness enthusiasts at least), boxercise workout program BoxVR.
For anybody using virtual reality for exercise...
When it comes to VR games, immersion is the most important thing I can think of. Whether it’s the way Half-Life: Alyx brings you into a virtual world like few have ever seen via its amazing graphics and physics system or how Blade and Sorcery figuring out how it...
Ahead of its start this coming weekend, Black Box VR has announced a new partnership with the Fan Controlled Football League, the newest sports league where fans get to call the shots. The collaboration sees Black Box hooking FCFL up with a handful of different workout devices that will...
As of February 12th, 2021, one of VR’s most exciting companies, FitXR is launching merchandise. The items available are made to enhance your VR experience overall and especially within FitXR and BoxVR. Currently, they are selling a unisex sports t-shirt, organic cotton unisex hoodies, ice towels, and dri-fit headbands...
During last week's VR Game Roundup, we saw a free frisbee golf title release for Oculus Rift, a virtual reality version of Minesweeper, and a boxing trainer called Boom Dojo. While last week was on the slower side, this week is more akin to molasses as it is truly...
If you think you’re too old to enjoy VR esports or gaming, think again. VR Fitness Insider has covered VR fitness before as part of a healthier lifestyle for middle-aged or older adults and when it comes to esports in virtual reality, the population of older players is growing...
Virtual Athletics League announces the Winter Games, a month-long Olympic-style event of VR esports tournaments, giveaways, and a total prize pool valued at over $15,000. From February 19 through March 20 the Winter Games will feature some of the largest studios and most critically acclaimed games in the realm...
VR Rhythm games have become the single most played and made games in VR right now. It’s a bit of a surprise because, before Beatsaber, you really saw mostly sports games, shooters, and slashers coming out in the VR world. Since that epic moment in VR history though, we’ve...
A major update is coming to BigBox VR’s award-winning battle royale game Population: One with the launch of Season One, “Uprising.” In addition to some long awaited history behind the Seekers and the Uprising, the 10-week-long season will introduce new free content, new weapons, map updates, as well as...
VR Master League continues develop a solid foundation for VR esports and announces that Echo Arena, an exhilarating virtual reality game set in a zero-gravity arena, will return to Oculus Venues this week with live broadcasts of Echo Arena VR Master League Season 3.
VR esports have expanded rapidly since...
Despite continued challenges due to the ongoing pandemic, the Collegiate VR Esports League (CVRE) is gearing up for an exciting series of events for CVRE Season 6.
CVRE began in January 2018 when several college students decided to create a league where student VR and esports enthusiasts could enjoy a...
Virtuleap has been one of the companies at the forefront of looking to utilize virtual reality for the purposes of improving your brain functionality. After partnering with 4th-IR late in 2020 in the pursuit of using VR to help recognize cognitive decline earlier, Virtuleap has now released a handful...
When Holodia’s Holofit software finally left its home of relative obscurity on Sidequest and moved to the bright lights of Oculus’s curated Quest store, I was happy for them and excited that many more people would be given the opportunity to try out this wonderful workout app that brings...
During last week's VR Game Roundup, we saw a surprisingly stacked week with REAKT Performance Trainer coming out, GORN getting ported to the Oculus Quest, and a cool drumming experience release on the Oculus Rift. However, we're back to a slower week again as there aren't too many big...
The Oculus Quest 2 has been out for a while now, and third party companies have had time to develop a range of aftermarket accessories and solutions, all designed to improve comfort, enhance sweat-proof protection, and increase useability.
Top of that company list is VRCover. They have provided excellent aftermarket...
Sports simulation is one of the genres that was obvious when VR first introduced and despite approaching its 5th year in the mainstream, there hasn't been a ton of greatly successful sports titles. There is still no great basketball sim out there, baseball titles are few and far between...
During our previous VR Game Roundup of 2021, we saw X-Booster arrive on the Oculus Store, Brain Beats come to additional platforms, and the release of a VR cricket game featuring aliens. After a slow start to the year, 2021 is finally picking up as there are multiple exciting...
I’ll be honest, I’m quite mystified at how to classify vertical ricochet. From my best approximation, it’s basically ping pong meets space pirate trainer meets tennis? It’s a tough one to pin properly. That’s nothing to say about the actual fun factor of the game though because it really...
Our main goal here at VR Fitness Insider is to obviously keep you in the loop on any VR games and applications that may hit the market and have a positive impact on your health. Typically, we'll share titles with you that will help you with either your physical...