Fit Immersion: embark on a virtual reality world tour from your exercise bike

A well known problem, an important part of population lacks physical activity. Meanwhile, winter is the ideal time to get back in shape, take care of yourself, dream and enjoy some escapism… From the comfort of your own home.

Do you want to know the ultimate secret to remaining motivated and not missing a single workout session on your exercise bike?

A virtual trip crafted by Fit Immersion, a solution that pushes the boundaries of the possible. The concept: a connected virtual reality headset, which allows you to enjoy a thrilling and immersive sports break.

An innovation that is already a sensation! Users appreciate being able to escape to 25 different destinations during their training sessions.

Today, the start-up is taking a new step in its development by offering an actual “virtual reality world tour”, still while riding a mere exercise bike.

Take your sport practice to the frontiers of reality

Fit Immersion embarks you on an unforgettable indoor training experience, to discover an entirely novel way to practice sports.

Thanks to the connected virtual reality sports kit, travel and escapism enthusiasts will find themselves transported to another place, as if they were really there.

A stunning immersion that will whisk you away to anytime and anywhere you wish – the next best thing to actual teleportation for now…

And now that Covid-19 lockdown periods are behind us, Fit Immersion wishes to push the envelope even further: by doing away with borders, to transport its users on the 5 continents.

More and more virtual destinations

In full swing, and in order to answer a strong demand, the start-up has called on the talent of more than 50 360° camera owners around the world. This community of filmmakers is now ready to film their cycling routes, and help create new virtual sports adventures.

To the 25 routes already available in France, Ireland and Russia, a dozen new routes will be added in the next few months.

The first destinations that have been filmed will be published soon:

• city tour of Budapest (Hungary),
• crossing of Toronto (Canada),
• and even Kharkiv and Chernihiv (Ukraine), places that have suffered an armed conflict.

Next on the list could be shoots in Italy, England, India and Taiwan, Siberia and the United States.

    “By the end of 2023, we plan to offer more than 50 routes on five continents in our world tour.”

An entirely fun and novel experience

Drive through the historic centres of the world’s most beautiful cities, explore majestically beautiful landscapes, dare to explore a wide variety of destinations… Thanks to the 360° filmed routes, users can experience a life-sized change of scenery.

Faithful to its vocation – eliciting pleasure through travel and effort – Fit Immersion now wishes to make every corner of the world accessible to its users.

Fit Immersion, the start-up specialized in immersive cycling

Founded in 2017, the Montpellier-based company has created a sports training application called Fit Immersion, based on 360° video.

Since the start of marketing in 2020, it has been quickly adopted by thousands of users and by some gyms, since the “return to normal” after a difficult period.

In 2021, the application found its way to the international space station, in a famous French astronaut’s pocket. The 3 selected routes were Paris, St. Petersburg and Marseille.

Today, with a virtual reality headset and the help of a speed sensor, the start-up offers all cycling enthusiasts to travel the world from their stationary bike. All users can now “teleport” on many courses filmed in 360° and enjoy a total immersion.

The Fit Immersion technology allows a variety of uses:

• on IOS and Android with the Mobile 2 Kit,
• on Oculus with the Ocula Kit
• or even with a 100% autonomous headset with the Pro 2 Kit.

More advanced solutions for fitness professionals are also available.

About the Dream Team

Fit Immersion was founded in 2017 by Dimitri Prikhodko. An artificial intelligence specialist, he has worked on human behavior simulation and the computational brick of automated blood analysis.

Dimitri is also a former semi-professional athlete, who ranked in the top 10 of the French cross-country championships as a junior, and did the best French performance in the 30 minutes track as a cadet.

The Fit Immersion project was born in 2015, when Dimitri discovered virtual reality. “I was having trouble with the bike training that was imposed on us at certain times, due to injuries and season breaks. I thought that by coupling virtual reality with exercise, we could have a much more motivating experience, by simulating an outdoor ride,” he explains.

Dimitri began working on the Fit Immersion project in 2015, alongside his job, before founding the startup in March 2017. At the beginning of 2020, Chi-Hong Hoac joined this adventure. They partnered and he became Fit Immersion’s marketing director. Chi-Hong Hoac is a serial entrepreneur who has already created or supported more than 10 companies, including several in the communication sector.

Dimitri and Chi-Hong’s ambition is to develop their solution on the whole French territory and to launch it on a European level.

Learn more

Discover virtual travel at home: https://fitimmersion.com/home/?v=7516fd43adaa

Website: https://fitimmersion.com/

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