Credit to: VR Fitness Insider
VR gaming is a fat burning, high octane muscle flexing exercise that gamers will enjoy Dusty Fohs lost 20 pounds and Oldboy67 shed 12 pounds in just 2 months! Virtual reality can make your training routine playful and does not require any age restriction or access requirement for the fitness level. You, yes you can jump in right away!
If you want to see results on how your clothes fit, stamina and muscle builds, or if you are on a trip to get out of your hibernation, add these 15 VR fitness games to your training plan.
Keep a towel and a water bottle close by! And wear a smartwatch to keep track of your heart rate and exercise data!
1. Box VR
Box VR The players beat to the beat and work up a sweat as they hear the heart-pounding rhythm of electronica. This is a VR game that is great for conditioning your arms, shoulders, and chest while sweat drips into your heart. Not only does the game get you on your way to fitness, it also counts how many calories were destroyed during a workout.
Box VR is a Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and Windows Mixed Reality game. It has an Oculus Comfort Rating of “Intense” and deserves a 3 VR Fitness Insider – VR Fitness Awards!
2. Hit Saber
Beat Saber is a rhythmic VR game of cutting cubes and weaving obstacles that will set your fitness tracker on fire. Players match their neon red and blue sabers to the appropriate dice as they move around on the illuminated platform. You will then cut in the direction of the arrow. There are 11 original songs and beat maps with more for PS VR and PC too. PC gamers online have modified popular songs and brought cards into play for custom training.
Beat Saber is an Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Windows Mixed Reality, and PS VR game. It has a fitness rating comparable to tennis by VR Institute for Health and Exercise!
3. Knockout League
Knockout League is an active VR boxing title that lets you hit the road for a serious welding session. You fight against 9 opponents, earn gold gloves and at the same time get cardio and conditioning training. When you play Grudge Match, Reflex Alley, Focus Mitt Training, and Speed Bag, you can train all over your body for hours. Make use of the space scale and move around with your opponent while you hit and weave to fuel the fat burn!
Knockout League is available for HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Windows Mixed Reality, and PlayStation VR. It has a rating from the VR Institute of Health and Exercise that is comparable to rowing.
4. The thrill of the fight
The thrill of the fight is one of the VR boxing simulation games Tim Donahey played during his 50 days VR Fitness Challenge. 20 minutes into this punch-em-out game pushed his upper body to the limit as he held up his gloves and turned to noticeably block his obliques and abs. It is classified as synonymous with sprinting by the VR Institute of Health and Exercise.
The thrill of the fight is a publication by Oculus Rift and HTC Vive and was awarded the VR Fitness Award for best VR Sports Sim.
5. Sprint vector
Sprint vector is a competitive VR game where players shuffle their arms around 12 fun and exciting route maps like a futuristic speed skater. Pump arms quickly to move faster in the game, watch out for oncoming obstacles, increase speed, and unlock projectiles to attack competitors. This is a dominant upper body game where the lower body stabilizes and anchors players as they run around frantically.
Sprint vector is a game for them Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and PlayStation VRand took home a VR Fitness Award for the best VR arm workout.
6. Sparc
Sparc is closest to the virtual dodgeball as 2 balls are thrown, blocked and bounced around – yours and your competitors – only equipped with a shield and dodging abilities from the O’Houlihan patches. This fast paced competitive game is a great mix of upper and lower body conditioning that is fun to play with a friend you made a bet with.
Sparc is a HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and PlayStation VR Game that won the VR Fitness Award as the best VR competitive fitness game.
7. Sword Master VR
Sword Master VR is a first-person fighting game in which players cut open enemy fighters with a sword and block them with a shield. Using the sword to chop off bad guys will be great for the upper body. Using the shield doesn’t give players much less body conditioning, but crouching or lounging to get out of the way will! The VR Institute of Health and Exercise rates the sword master as the equivalent of using the elliptical in the gym!
Sword Master VR is a HTC Vive and Oculus Rift game and won the VR Fitness Award for best VR Fighting Fitness game.
8. Superhot VR
Superhot VR is a first person shooter game where players hit, maim, and shoot down red polygonal humanoids. Players can slow down downtime targeting the core and legs by slowly moving away from bullets as the upper body reaches the height of the action during hand-to-hand combat. The VR Institute of Health and Exercise rates Superhot as the equivalent of walking at a moderate pace.
Superhot VR is a Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and PlayStation VR Game that won a VR Fitness Award for Best VR Shooting Fitness Game.
9. Audio shield
Audio shield is a high energy and music powered VR game (add your own!) that increases a gamer’s fat burners to 11. The players hit, block and coordinate their colored controllers with the beat balls that fly towards them at different speeds. Combos and places. Defending yourself against the bullets is an effective upper body exercise while holding a squat or lunge while you punch. This can increase the difficulty of your lower half. The Virtual Reality Institute for Health and Movement rates Audioshield as synonymous with training on a rowing machine or cycling (with the mod)!
Audio shield is available for HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, and Windows Mixed Reality headsets.
10. Holopoint
Holopoint is a first person shooter with a bow and arrow where players hurl arrows at tough blue holographic samurai, demons and firing back targets. The players compare the gameplay with the training in the Hunger Games with dominant upper body use and lower body anchoring. Playing Holopoint with a dominant arm leads to uneven training. So this is a good addition to a practice lineup and not the main event. The Virtual Reality Institute for Health and Exercise rates this game with an intensity that can compete with swimming laps.
Holopoint is available for the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift headsets.
11. Hot squat
Hot squat It’s a challenging drop like it’s a hot VR game making every loot a consistent gameplay. This is an easy entry-level workout that offers a great VR fitness experience for the first time, but with the added help of a weight vest can also be a great addition to any gym rat’s leg and glute day roundup. Get up and crouch through the virtual obstacles and keep crouching until you make it to the other side! The Virtual Reality Institute for Health and Movement rates it as being as intense as tennis.
Hot squat can only be played on the HTC Vive.
12. The fastest fist
The fastest fist is a boxing simulation game in which you play against a coach who looks just like Bruce Lee. Players will play shadow boxing to warm up and then dynamically punch the rest of the rounds with various kicks, hooks, and other blows, which is excellent upper body conditioning. Blocking will make you lose points and will not be effective for your lower body, but dodging will be enough and will give you more points. The Virtual Reality Institute of Health and Exercise compares this game to playing tennis.
The fastest fist is only available for the HTC Vive.
13. Soundboxing
Sound boxing is a beat to the beat, music powered VR game that boosts a gamer’s fat burning with energetic music. The players coordinate the strokes with the help of their controllers in order to hit the balls flying towards them precisely at different speeds and combinations. Create your own beat maps to match your favorite workout playlist by uploading them for a more enjoyable workout. Punching directional balls with a little more force behind punches is an effective upper body exercise while holding a squat or lunge while punching, which increases the difficulty of your lower body.
Sound boxing is available for HTC Vive and Oculus Rift headsets.
14. Bitslap
Bitslap is a cardio-heavy HIIT training (High-Intensity Interval Training) in VR. Players hit dice in a sequence as more dice appear and cause chaos. Punching and hitting the dice in the order they appear is important to keep the score up. The game uses punch intervals that compete with Tabata who trains the upper body, while reaching and crouching in a wide position for lower dice patterns aims at your lower body. The Virtual Reality Institute for Health and Movement rates it with the same energy output as training on an elliptical trainer.
Bitslap is compatible with the HTC Vive headset.
15. Gorn
Gorn is a combat VR game where players fight with weapons like spear, sword and war hammer and take out enemies like honey badger or warrior when they attack. Play in endless mode to increase the intensity of this dominant upper body game. This is not a lower body game, but you can still exercise your lower body by crouching and dodging to prevent your head from getting chopped off. The Virtual Reality Institute for Health and Movement rated this game as equivalent to training on the elliptical trainer.
Gorn is compatible with the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift.
Did you add any of these VR fitness games to your workout? Which did you like best / least? Did we miss VR fitness games? Let us know in the comments!
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