For decades, video games have been viewed as a sedentary pursuit, completely at odds with superior physical fitness and well-being. But the idea of leveraging virtual reality and video games to ...

Participants in a small study lowered their heart rates while viewing themselves as fit-looking virtual reality avatars while cycling.

Boosting exercise is often on the agenda in the new year, but if you’re struggling to stick to a new fitness regime, University of South Australia research shows that virtual reality (VR) will ...

Here’s what the science says about whether virtual reality (VR) games are a workout, and what you need to know to get started.

Virtual reality fitness, or VR fitness, is the idea of using cutting-edge, immersive VR technology to create a whole new workout environment anywhere in the world. These games feature a boxy ...

People have worked out at home for decades, bu t virtual reality may take exercising at home to a new level. Valkyrie Industries has created a home workout unlike the DVDs and VHS tapes of the past.

In a recent study posted to the bioRxiv* preprint server, researchers investigated the impact of virtual reality (VR) exercise on brain functioning, particularly its effect on working memory, a ...

Take a peek at the future of fitness with KTVU's Henry Lee who got a workout at a virtual reality gym in San Francisco.

To teach empathy, a virtual-reality exercise has participants simulate being homeless and riding a bus. Courtesy of Virtual Human Intera Virtual Human Interaction Lab, Stanford University I’m ...

A single session of self-managed virtual reality (VR) exercise may help reduce endometriosis pain, a study suggests.

Supernatural's first-ever guest coach workout is led by member Chesney Mariani, who has used the virtual reality exercise app every day for an entire year ...