VirZOOM, makers of VR arcade exercise games and the VirZOOM Bike Controller, announced the successful closure of a $5.5 million seed funding round which the company says will help expand its ...

Pedaling a stationary bike is kind of a sad metaphor for life: try as you may, you’re never going anywhere. But thanks to virtual reality, there might be an exercise machine coming to your local gym ...

If you've been looking for a way to spice up your exercise regimen (and you also happen to have a VR headset lying around), you're in luck. VirZOOM, the company behind the $400 "VZ Bike Controller" – ...

Blync is a new system that allows you to use your bicycle to engage in virtual reality cycling in digitally created worlds. Using a controller onto which the front wheel of your bicycle is placed, the ...

Virtual reality is most commonly used for entertainment, like playing games or immersing yourself in a cartoon world. But as one game developer has discovered, it can also be used to improve your ...

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The original idea behind the VirZoom was brilliant: a stationary bike that lets you exercise while cycling through various virtual reality environments. The problem is that the number of people with ...