I've been playing Thrill of the Fight for about a year now. I go three rounds every afternoon when I get home from work. Lost 10kg and I'm feeling fitter than I have in decades. Just my arm muscles are always aching. I jab a lot!
Have you played Super Hot? If not it's worth buying. You have these red guys coming at you relentlessly the whole time trying to kill you with fists, knives, pistols, uzis and shotguns. You can pick up guns of your own or kill them with your fists but you have one major advantage . . . time only advances when you move. You can stand dead still and the red guys freeze. Even their bullets freeze as long as you don't move a muscle so you can dodge bullets by bending or arching out of the way in slow motion . . . a bit like Neo in the Matrix movies. It's also a pretty good workout.
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"Sometimes" I go to my local town gym and do boxing for fitness, but not often enough.
Then recently I heard of Oculus Quest 2, and I bought the VR headset a few days ago.
I had not played video games properly since I was 12 years old when I grew out of it. But VR is different...
The boxing games are very realistic. Apparently, even some professional boxers use these games for practice. Not sure how effective it is for them compared to practising in a gym- but one thing is sure - it gives you one hell of a workout- maybe even more than doing boxing in a real gym for the same amount of time.
I can only imagine what the games will be like in 10-20 years, and how much VR will diversify into other areas.
It is a bit more games-focused at present, but other avenues could be to focus on training. For example, learning to drive a car in virtual reality could be the same as on the road - or even driving an aeroplane etc.
If you are looking for a fitness tool that you can do from your living room, highly recommended. Much more convenient than scheduling in time to go to the gym.