Health, fitness, wellbeing – words not immediately associated with gaming or gamers. With HTC VIVE and VIRO MOVE we’re challenging you to join us to inspire the world to #MOVEMORE. Together we can show the world that VR fitness can be a real solution for those of us who can’t find the motivation to #MOVEMORE every day.
VIRO MOVE and HTC VIVE, we’re giving you the opportunity of a lifetime. Sign up for the epic #MOVEMORE Challenge HERE for a chance to participate. Be one of the world’s top 150 VR gamers and athletes who’ll get exclusive access to the Challenge game build. Have fun, get fit, and win cool prizes – such as HTC VIVE hardware, a copy of the VIRO MOVE game, and entry to the 2020 VR Fitness World Championships! Visit https://www.viromove.com/vive-viro-movemore-challenge/ for tournament details, rules, and timelines.
HTC VIVE and Fit Reality are proud to be working together to bring you the #MOVEMORE Challenge – an innovative, adrenaline-pumping VR fitness tournament based on the upcoming title VIRO MOVE, which combines exciting VR gameplay, a real-life workout, and a strategic fitness challenge.
“VIRO MOVE was built by gamers who felt they didn’t move enough. #MOVEMORE is a simple but powerful message to all people whose lives can be better by adding some daily physical activity. We are proud and honored to have HTC VIVE support the message, and we invite the VR community to help us kick-start the movement,” says Paul Lynch from Fit Reality.
ABOUT THE #MOVEMORE CHALLENGE
Imagine the unbelievable. A top-notch VR experience which encourages gamers to exercise, and fitness enthusiasts to play games, while ensuring that both sets of people love every second of it. Too good to be true?
And what if we told you that while having fun and getting fit you could also win cool prizes?
PRIZES
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The top 30 participants will each receive the full version of VIRO MOVE.
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The top 5 challengers will each win an HTC VIVE Headset.
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The top 10 challengers will each be eligible to enter the 2020 VR Fitness World Championships!
PLAY MODES
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#MOVEMORE Tutorial Mode:
The tutorial is designed to help players master the mechanics of the game and is always available for players to access during the challenge.
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#MOVEMORE Free Play Mode:
Players can practice Easy and Medium levels across all fighting styles a maximum of twenty times (twenty play credits). Once the twenty Free Play credits have been used up, Free Play mode will lock, and players will only have access to the Tutorial and Challenge modes.
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#MOVEMORE Challenge mode:
Players have a maximum of twelve credits (they can play twelve times) to obtain the highest score in each fighting style within Challenge mode.
FIGHTING STYLES
Four fighting styles will be available in the challenge:
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Boxing
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Shooting
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Sword play
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Mixed weapons
CHALLENGE SCORING
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Using Credits
Competitors can use all of their credits in one sitting, or they may wish to strategically play game-by-game and see how the leaderboards evolve across the duration of the challenge.
Unused credits will be lost on the last day of the tournament.
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Challenge scoring
Players with the highest in-game score for each fighting style will be awarded a total of 100 tournament points.
Every other participant will be awarded tournament points according to their score as a percentage of the highest score of each fighting style.
Example:
– A leader in Swordplay who earns 4519 in-game points will be awarded 100 tournament points.
– A player in second place who earns 3204 in-game points will be awarded 70.9 tournament points (3204 divided by the high score of 4519 and then multiplied by 100).
– And so on…
LEADERBOARDS
Challenge leaderboards and scores will update instantly. Each fighting style will have its own leaderboard.
The tournament leaderboard score will be the combined total of points from all four fighting styles.
THE CHALLENGE BUILD
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ENVIRONMENTS
Four environments will be activated for the tournament (Fishing Pier, Stonehenge, Roman Ruins, Glass Bridge) – one per fighting style.
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FIGHTING SKINS
Four fighting skins will be activated for the tournament – one per fighting style.
SOUNDTRACK
Four songs from our soundtrack will be activated for each game – one per fighting style. The games and songs in Challenge mode will not be the same as those in Free Play mode.
LEVELS
Easy and Medium levels will be available for the Free Play mode. Challenge mode games will use the Medium difficulty level.
ABOUT THE GAME
VIRO MOVE was specifically designed to encourage natural and healthy physical fitness movements across the whole body. Have fun as you move your way through increasingly demanding game levels. Join tournaments, and climb to the top of global leaderboards.
The game not only effectively replaces the workout experience, but most importantly it does so in a fun and engaging way. Whether you prefer to call it a game or a fitness program, whether you’re a fitness fan or a couch potato, or whether you simply love gaming but have no time for workouts – VIRO MOVE will adapt to your specific fitness needs, abilities, and current shape, over time making you healthier, stronger, fitter, and ultimately happier!
VIRO MOVE was optimized for HTC VIVE PRO – the most advanced and best-performing headset on the market. Recommended due to quality of the image, ergonomics and high-res soundstage.
VIRO MOVE MAIN FEATURES:
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Work hard, play hard, join the VIRO MOVE Challenge!
As your virtual coach we will motivate you to train harder than you ever imagined possible. When you participate in a challenge you’ll fight harder and longer to become a VR fitness champion and you’ll love every minute of it. Engage in stamina, endurance, movement, and strategic planning as you compete against the world’s best VIRO Ninjas.
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Forget about boring gym routines
Choose between swords, fists, and guns to stay motivated, and constantly challenge yourself.
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MIX IT UP
If you want extraordinary results, master our mix-mode, where you can change weapons during a dynamic workout gameplay.
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Watch those calories burn
Your caloric output is calculated and analyzed by our advanced algorithm every step of the way. Your progress and historical data are available for you to manage and compare as you advance toward your fitness goals.
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Sharing is caring
Meeting friends? Throwing a housewarming party? Share the burn in our awesome Hot Seat mode and find out who’s the fittest, fastest, and healthiest.
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If you do a workout, do it right
Getting fit has never been this easy! VIRO MOVE has been approved as a serious fitness tool by more than 1000 FIBO and IRSA sports professionals.
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Customize your VIRO MOVE experience
Earn and unlock skins as you progress through unique and unrestricted gameplay.
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Train like a beast – look and feel like a beauty
As your virtual trainer we’ll keep the challenges coming! To help you gain tangible results we’ll be delivering regular challenges and tournaments.
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Easy to start – hard to master
Whether you’re a beginner or a workout junkie, you’ll fit right in. Start slowly with a tutorial or jump straight to the hardest levels. It’s entirely up to you.
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Workout arenas
Choose from five different and gloriously immersive environments to stay focused and in the zone.
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Beat it, just beat it!
Feel the beat. Let it pass through you. Experience true immersion and perfect soundtrack beat synchronization while smashing through high quality obstacles, drones, and other targets.
VIRO MOVE is currently under development. The game is planned to launch on HTC Vive, HTC Vive Pro, Oculus Rift, and upcoming HTC headsets.