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Study: exercising while using a Virtual Reality (VR) headset can increase an individual’s work rate, overall enjoyment, and elicit improved psychological responses compared to a non-VR equivalent
Exercising while using a Virtual Reality (VR) headset can increase an individual’s work rate, overall enjoyment, and elicit improved psychological responses compared to a non-VR equivalent.
The research, published in PLOS ONE, suggests that VR could be used as an alternative to traditional forms of exercise to promote healthy behaviour and engagement in people that don’t enjoy other formsofphysical activity. “Our study, which used a commercially available VR headset and app, found that the use of virtual reality can be an effective means of making exercise enjoyable, and has the added bonus of helping people to work harder than they think they are.” Acute psychological and physiological benefits of exercising with virtual reality(DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0314331) (Bradley Barbour, Lucy Sefton, Richard M. Bruce, Lucia Valmaggia, Oliver R. Runswick) was published in PLOS ONE.
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