Would you wear a virtual reality headset while riding a bicycle? The appropriate response is no, ideally, yet shouldn't something be said about a stationary bicycle? One Cambridge-based wellness startup, VirZOOM, is trusting virtual reality can be the following key to another wellness rage.
Wellness organizations like Peloton have raised monstrous measures of money to fabricate nerd wellness realms, and keeping in mind that Peloton (which has raised more than $444 million, for the record) depends on video mentors to keep you roused, VirZOOM doesn't believe it's going sufficiently far tossing you into an altogether extraordinary world to get you fit as a fiddle in this one.
The startup will be offering its own particular bicycles beginning in March, and furthermore plans to offer a little sensor that could append to your current setup and enable you to wear a VR protective cap and be transported into a world where your accelerating means real development. The startup centers around building encounters that don't simply influence you to feel like you're taking a relaxed ride outside your home sans natural air, the gamified exercises do things like put you on horseback and send you riding through Old West towns lassoing highwaymen.
VirZOOM reported today that it has shut $5.5 million in seed subsidizing. Speculators in the round incorporate Skywood Capital, Fairhaven Capital, Equity Resource Investments and the Greycroft Venture Partner Gaming Tracker Fund. The organization has raised around $12.2 million to date.
Given the cumbersomeness of the present VR headsets, the whole scene is somewhat ludicrous and not really the most agreeable, particularly considering the grossness of a sweat-soaked headset. There are uncommon covers out there for the facepad, yet at the same time. The organization's answer is decent, however, on the grounds that you needn't bother with an insane costly setup to move — you can use a VR headset for your telephone or one of the more pleasant PC or PlayStation rigs.
The VX Bike Controller bicycle begins delivering in March for $399.