Virtual Active
Virtual Active
When I travel, I prefer to run outside to get a feel for the city I am in. However, when I am traveling and I either need a quick workout or if it is freezing out (like it is today) I head to the gym and get on the treadmill or elliptical. Virtual Active is an app (ideally for your iPad) that transports you to another place while you workout, other than the dingy basement gym you are most likely in. They have shot their videos in beautiful locations around the world including the Grand Canyon, Argentine Patagonia, Maui and more. The first couple are free and then you have to pay if you like it! The unique innovation is that it takes your pace as determined by your body movement and incorporates and coordinates it with the forward movement in the video. I recognize this is an interim step before you are wearing immersive, high definition, virtual reality goggles, but it is a good one and they will probably control the VR market when it arrives.