This Week In VR Health Video games 7/9/18
Join players online to fight aliens and other beasts. Credit To: Multiverse
This is a story-driven action and adventure VR game played in single and multiplayer modes with a co-op campaign. Fight as James Weston for survival in space and shoot dangerous and scratchy alien beasts and win boss fights with futuristic weapons and equipment. Craft weapons and equipment that will help you defeat beasts and bosses more aggressively.
Fitness potential
Seeking Dawn is a sitting and standing game that does not list the room scale. No room scale means this game is not played with leg shaking, making it an upper body game. You’re going to want to fit one HIIT or LISS training in after playing this game to work out the lower body and whole body more.
Developer / Editor: Multiverse
Release DATE: July 12, 2018
Compatible with: HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Windows Mixed Reality, and tracked controllers
Price: $ 39.99
Shortcut: I’m looking for Dawn
Video credit to: vrgamecritic
This is an early access game. It’s also a VR rhythm game set in a technologically advanced world where you can run to the music in a simulation. The only thing you have to do is hit the right balls with the right hand or both. Multiply your score and get quick boost powerups the better you do and play your groove.
Fitness potential
This is not listed as a room-scale VR game online and that makes us think this is a dominant upper body game. Punching the correct balls that appear with the appropriate hand is great for coordination and can be dialed up or down in difficulty with simple, expert gameplay. Play Games that train your legs before or after this game can help you meet your daily leg goals.
Developer / Editor: Retrowave VR / Kluge Interactive
Release DATE: July 12, 2018
Compatible with: HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, with tracked controllers
Price: $ 9.99
Shortcut: Synth Riders
Credit to: IVGEMENT
The carefree adventure game designed by Voxel is a puzzle game that also offers moments of action. Use your wit to think your way through tricky puzzles that will lead you to riddles, loot and battles. Swing around swords, shoot arrows and use other weapons to defeat skeletons, goblins and anything that oozes.
Fitness potential
This game is played on a room scale, so every move and action you take takes place in the room you have at home. This will help burn extra calories while you kick and move around in battle with monsters. Adventure Game is simple in design, but can give you mental training with puzzles and is an upper and lower body workout due to the fight scenes and climbing movements that can be performed. Please note that we do not know the ratio of puzzles to fights, which could change the intensity.
Developer / Editor: IVGEMENT
Release DATE: July 12, 2018
Compatible with: HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, with tracked controllers
Price: $ 14.99
Shortcut: Adventure game
Video credit to: vrgamecritic
It’s hot – turn up the a / c and pretend you’re skiing on fresh powder in the great outdoors. Fancy Skiing 2: Online is a single and multiplayer VR game and ski simulation that allows players to ski down difficult routes and winding passages. Start with cute jumps and spin around trees, rocks and other obstacles. Compete against other skiers for gold.
Fitness potential
This game just sits and stands without a space scale. Play this ski simulation in endless, jump and multiplayer modes for a core and lower body workout as you take courses in a deep squat. Without the squat, it’s just an upper body and coordination game. Try skiing in endless mode for a longer workout.
Developer / Editor: Harvision Technology
Release DATE: July 13, 2018
Compatible with: HTC Vive, with tracked controllers
Price: $ 11.99
Shortcut: Desire to ski 2: Online
This game is in early access. Set sail on the open seas and battle other pirates in this 4v4, ship-to-ship multiplayer and co-op VR game. If you like Sea of Thieves check out this action and adventure pirate game. Steer the ship into battle as your crew fire cannons and sink the other team.
Fitness potential
Selecting the arm swivel option instead of using the touchpad or joystick to move around the boat turns this game into an upper-body game. Quickly climbing into the crow’s nest and other areas while navigating or fighting increases activity. If you want to get the potential of your lower body out of this game, players should play other games that target your legs.
Developer / Editor: Craft Game Studio
Release DATE: July 13, 2018
Compatible with: HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, with tracked controllers
Price: $ 15.99 to $ 19.99
Shortcut: Crooked water
Serve the ball and hear the crowd cheer you on as you play Dream Match Tennis VR. This is a sports simulation that puts you against an opponent as you hit the tennis ball back and forth. Put some warmth behind your serve and move back and forth to get to the ball quickly before the reactive AI challenger scores.
Fitness potential
Tennis is good upper body, core, and leg workouts that are good for fitness. Played in VR, the game is a top and core game when you put fire (strength, effort) behind serves and hit back and forth. Use your racket to aim and deliver top spins and slices for a more intricate shot.
Developer / Editor: Bimboosoft
Release DATE: July 10, 2018
Compatible with: PlayStation VR (PSVR) with tracked controllers
Price: $ 14.99
Shortcut: Dream Match Tennis VR
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