New advancements in technology are always exciting for the wider world. First the tech has its intended purpose explained to investors and consumers, and before you know it you see the tech popping up in some unusual spaces in the world.
Virtual reality is no different. The virtual reality headset might have initially been designed to create a more immersive experience for gamers, but that is slow going. In the meantime, virtual reality is helping out in a lot of industries and is at the stage where it can be found in homes around the world.
But can it affect bike workouts? We think so. Take a look at our guide as we breakdown how virtual reality can affect bike workouts and even more wider workouts.
It’s changing a lot of things
Virtual reality has already made its mark on a lot of industries. The gaming industry is most affected since the VR headset is seen as the newest gaming console allowing players to play GGPoker Canada with other poker players or wander through haunted houses to escape a demon.
Meanwhile, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg seems to think VR (virtual reality) is the next step in social media, allowing users to congregate in a shared virtual space.
But it has also changed the idea of training, allowing people to earn hands on experience in dangerous fields, like engineering and surgery.
So, who’s to say it won’t affect the exercise world? It’s left its imprint on tourism, air travel, and plenty more.
People are already using tech to escape
Let’s face it, working out can be boring. If you go into the gym on any given day, you can expect to see someone at the treadmill or the cycling machine with an iPad or other tablet, usually showing a lush, wooded area for them to run or cycle through.
It’s a tiny screen, in the grand scheme of things, and around it are sweaty people pounding on the spot on their treadmills while electro music plays. Hardly the cycle through nature that these tablet-holders are imagining.
Meanwhile, if you have been to a gym, you will know the atmosphere of “Just leave me alone” that permeates throughout. A lot of social media has people complaining about breaking that etiquette, whether someone is getting too close to a weightlifter with a heavy weight or hitting on someone trying to just work out.
Imagine the gym landscape if VR were involved. The cyclist with the tablet can upgrade to a fully immersive experience that takes them anywhere in the world, and hopefully that can distract friendly gym-goers enough to just stay to themselves.
VR can expand workouts
VR can make a lot of changes to your average workout routine. People are always looking for the next big workout trend, which will keep them engaged and strengthening their bodies. With VR a dancer can be in the club in the middle of the day, sipping on a water bottle while they dance. With VR a weightlifter can sit on a mountaintop and lift rocks.
Or even, just in general, it will allow working out to become less tedious. With VR it can become a shared experience, where you can link up in a shared space and workout together and chat.
As for cycling alone, virtual reality can open up a range of opportunities for escapism. The brilliance of cycling at home is that you are stationary, so you won’t need much situational awareness, so what’s to stop you cycling along the California coast, or over the Baltic Sea, or across another galaxy? All can be achieved with a VR headset
