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RacketNX is like pinball meets racquetball. FitXR, on the other hand, taps into one’s competitive spirit: with up to six other VR users joining for boxing or cardio dance classes, as the users attempt to outscore their opponents in tests of speed and dexterity.

Supernatural, for instance, sends objects and targets flying toward you, tasking you with squatting beneath the former and punching the latter, and progressing through various locations around the world while doing so. This combination has found a sort of synergistic overlap in the rising popularity of virtual reality home workouts. As of January 2020, PlayStation VR alone had sold 5 million units, and that’s only one of the many VR headsets on the market there’s speculation that the Quest 2 tripled its sales rate. Likewise, 71 percent of headset owners say they spent more time in VR during the pandemic.Īnalysts concur. “Since the launch of the Quest 2 up until now (the nine months from October 2020 to June 2021), VR hardware sales have grown 163% YOY,” NPD consumer electronics industry analyst Ben Arnold told Dealerscope. “We expect 2021 will end the year 40% to 50% above sales levels we saw for 2020.” While we don’t know the exact number of VR headset sales out in the wild today, there’s reason to believe that number is now in the tens of millions. Many bought exercise machines, weights, Pelotons, yoga mats, and all manner of other gear: According to NPD retail data, health and fitness equipment revenue more than doubled to $2.3 billion from March to October. Sales of stationary bikes tripled, while treadmills shot up 135 percent  Peloton reported revenue of $758 million in 2020, a 232 percent increase from the same period the previous year.ĭuring the same period, interest in and sales of v irtual reality headsets received a bump as well. Stuck inside for months on end, many found refuge in VR as a means of virtually escaping the confines of their own domicile. With gyms and fitness centers being some of the hardest-hit industries by the pandemic, it’s no surprise that home fitness - and sales of the products to support it - surged during the pandemic.