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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

12.18.24 | PLOS

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Acute psychological and physiological benefits of exercising with virtual reality
Participant wearing the headset and portable metabolic cart. Credit: Barbour et al., 2024, PLOS ONE, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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.

PLOS ONE

10.1371/journal.pone.0314331

Acute psychological and physiological benefits of exercising with virtual reality

18-Dec-2024

OR received contract research funding from FitXR.

Keywords

Applied Sciences and Engineering Emotions Health and Medicine Physical Exercise Physiological Psychology Social Sciences

Article Information

Journal
PLOS ONE
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0314331
Article Publication Date
2024-12-18
Article Title
Acute psychological and physiological benefits of exercising with virtual reality
COI Statement
OR received contract research funding from FitXR.

Contact Information

Hanna Abdallah
PLOS
onepress@plos.org

How to Cite This Article

APA:
PLOS. (2024, December 18). 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. Brightsurf News. https://www.brightsurf.com/news/L59W3M78/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.html
MLA:
"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." Brightsurf News, Dec. 18 2024, https://www.brightsurf.com/news/L59W3M78/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.html.