Updated: This stationary bike may be the best VR controller you can buy

By Lily Prasuethsut

Update: VirZoom will be providing the first 1,000 pre-orders with a free, lifetime subscription to VirZoom Plus.

The Plus subscription adds to the game library by enabling real-time multiplayer, global leaderboards and fitness profile tracking. Find out more from the company’s blog here.

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There are more standing experiences and games for virtual reality headsets in development now but none that require you to actually work out and break a sweat. That’s what the VirZoom bike wants to do.

The VR stationary bike by company VirZoom made waves earlier this year during E3 where it was still just sensors attached to a bike. It had a lot of promise when I tried it with a PlayStation VR and flew around on a Pegasus but I wasn’t sure if the tech would resurface.

Turns out, the team has been hard at work refining its project. After much feedback, it was decided that building an actual stationary bike instead of using sensors on a normal bike was the best option.

It will require some assembly – which I’ve been told is simply screwing four pieces in place – and it means you won’t be able to use …read more

Source:: techradar.com – Gaming