Turn your stationary bike into a Virtual Reality game and break a sweat without realizing it. VirZoom pairs VR (Oculus) with an existing stationary bicycle or bike trainer to create awesome workout experiences and takes exercise to a whole new level. Transform every ride into an adventure.VirZOOM was founded in 2015 to transform exercise through the power of VR. Millions of people would benefit from 20 minutes of exercise per day, but can't find the motivation to do so. Pedaling and steering through immersive virtual worlds feels natural and compelling with unlimited possibilities. Their team brings together AAA game development, robotics design, and business know-how to create these experiences in software and hardware. Since their first self-powered flight on a Pegasus they were hooked on turning interval exercise into games and creating comfortable VR motion. Their exercise games are for the whole family, and while some people worry about sweat the only real problem is getting your kids off it!
Set the pace for internal, cardio and HIIT! Put on your Oculus headset, hop on your stationary bike and explore with VZFit Explorer, wandering through Google-Maps-supplied 3D landscapes, or play games in VZFit Play. A sensor tracks your bike’s cadence, the rotations your pedals make in a minute, and uses that to transmit speed to your in-game avatar.
VZFit Explorer and VZFit Play use the Oculus headset. Purchase their $99 VZFit Sensor Kit, which includes a sensor that attaches snugly to one pedal with elastic bands (battery life is about 50 hours), and a thumb button that clips onto your handlebars for easy controls while riding. Check out the tutorial (if you need it) and get ready for a VR immersive ride and unreal experience.
VZFit Explorer puts you in the middle of curated rides through Google’s Street View. As you're looking all around at amazing landscapes and realistic scenery, you will be totally immersed and not even realize that you are actually exercising! As you are pedaling through deserts, snowy-covered mountains, or going through the Tour de France, you will be completely entertained. Once you get used to handling hairpin turns you will do great. The speed feels so natural and it's just an easy breezy experience, and you will actually forget that you are exercising.
VZFit Play is so much fun!!! You will actually be inside a videogame experience. Fly a helicopter, row a boat, go horseback in the Wild West, ride a flying Pegasus and drive a race car (plus more) and your adrenaline will skyrocket! What a great concept and, again, it makes riding your bike fun and enjoyable while you burn calories and get your cardio going for the day. No boredom here.
Here's are two example of routes: One in the Alps and another in Carmel, California. You'll feel like you're really there!!! Without the cost of a plane ticket and transporting your bike there!
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