Virtual reality could help make your workout more fun

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Virtual reality (VR) could help people get into exercise, with a small UK and Australian study showing people doing a boxing class while wearing immersive VR did more intense exercise and enjoyed it more. The researchers had 17 people complete a 12-minute guided VR boxing exercise session in FitXR™ and a screen-based equivalent. They found that people using VR did more intense and reportedly more enjoyable exercise, with more positive emotions, compared to a workout presented on-screen. The researchers say immersive VR could be offered as a gateway into exercise.

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Organisation/s: The University of Melbourne, Orygen, King’s College London, UK

Funder: OR received contract research funding from FitXR https://fitxr.com/. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

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