(Press-News.org) An immersive VR exercise session engaged participants in more intense and reportedly enjoyable exercise, with more positive emotions, compared to a workout presented on-screen, suggesting immersive VR could be an efficient alternative to other forms of screen-based workouts
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Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0314331
Article Title: Acute psychological and physiological benefits of exercising with virtual reality
Author Countries: U.K., Australia
Funding: OR received contract research funding from FitXR https://fitxr.com/. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
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An immersive VR exercise session engaged participants in more intense and reportedly enjoyable exercise, with more positive emotions, compared to a workout presented on-screen
This suggests immersive VR could be an efficient alternative to other forms of screen-based workouts
2024-12-18
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[Press-News.org] An immersive VR exercise session engaged participants in more intense and reportedly enjoyable exercise, with more positive emotions, compared to a workout presented on-screenThis suggests immersive VR could be an efficient alternative to other forms of screen-based workouts