Chris Milk

Supernatural - Workout near, go far

Exhilarating full-body exercise in virtual reality, pairs w/smartphone and HR monitor. Expertly coached daily workouts, detailed fitness tracking, well known popular music, exercise in the world’s most beautiful destinations without ever leaving your home.

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Romain
I actually step in a VR headset weekly, and getting sweaty is exactly what I'm avoiding most of the time. It just feels awful. Also as you get hot, condensation on the lenses makes it very difficult to see.
Chris Milk
@londonrom the two biggest hacks I've found to solve this are a silicone cover that goes over your Quest face pad, and a strong fan blowing on you. The first one is so important we bought a bunch of them and are sending them to anyone that signs up for the 30-day free trial. You'd be crazy to workout in VR without one. This is my favorite fan: https://amazon.com/Lasko-Pro-Per... Really brings the immersion to another level as well when you see you're standing on top of a mountain and you feel that blowing on you.
Romain
@chrismilk Chris, as you said, these are hacks and I'm afraid your company is just too early to market. I'd rely on voice only for now, with most of the efforts into the AI coach. Don't get me wrong I think the app is probably great (I can't try it i'm in UK) and I really admire the tech + design + choreography + psychologists etc gamified workouts app project. I'm an app dev myself, so I have a good feeling on how big this project must be. But it looks like the hardware is just not up to speed yet if you need to buy not one but 2 physical products that cost $20 + $80 to be able to use your app.
@chrismilk @londonrom some tips here for anyone suffering from fog. Strangely I've never experienced this issue despite spending a lot of time in VR workouts and games: https://www.androidcentral.com/h...
Cuong Pham minh
very good... I li like it
Cuong Pham minh
that là khó để đảnh giá một sàn phẩm công nghê tôi uuư vì nó gần như là không có nhược điểm và khiêm khuyết. siêu nhiễn nó tập hợp tắt cả những điều mà chúng ta luôn mong muốn và cần thiệt. No mang lại chỉ chúng ta cảm giặc vui sướng và thích thú mới khi sử dựng. Sieu nhièn một sản pham của 2020
Kevin Kirchner
Too bad all the Oculus(es?) are out of stock... :(
Marco Chiang
Hey ?makers - thank you for pushing the boundaries and creating another great at-home fitness alternative. +1 for sweat/headbands - I ended up getting a silicone cover for my own quest which is vital for VR workouts. Pros: really engaging. Loved the 360 workout but def need a good sized play area. Music is also really good and was pretty much dancing during the workouts. Visuals are great although I noticed I didn't have a lot of time to enjoy them since each exercise starts and ends pretty abruptly. I was sweating bullets after just one workout and that made me feel good. Goes by pretty fast. I've noticed the best workout experiences are when you don't have to think. I like the guidance supernatural provides for a seamless workout. Feedback: 1) When I visit my profile on the iOS app (or even in game) having seen my scores for each workout I would expect an overall leveling system. This ensures incremental progress and that each action I take is one step closer to a fitness goal. Users want to know that everything they do has a purpose and that it aligns with their needs/wants. 2) Really like that you've integrated HRM - I would take that a step further and integrate other data to encourage miscellaneous behaviors like daily move/stand/exercise scores (from Apple watch). This promotes overall health and can contribute to your overall "Supernatural score". Many fitness apps only care about users who are within their own ecosystem but if you can tap into their movement data and enable passive benefits for just having general healthy habits - then you're really proving to your user that you care about their wellbeing and goals, rather than only rewarding them when they use your app. 3) I was never good at beat saber so coming in was challenging for some songs - I would've expected a stage leveling system in which I'd have to reach a certain score on a beginner level before being able to play harder levels. I struggled a lot during a beginner workout because one of the songs was really hard and kept missing all of the balloons (it got overwhelming). I'd consider myself in pretty good shape so I can imagine this would be frustrating for many new users. The balloon color distinction isn't very strong either given the translucent tail of each balloon is the same regardless of white or black and I can barely see my own bats. Many times I would swing and have no idea where my bat was and why it didn't seem to hit a balloon. 4) I agree with Jesse from above that it would be great to see the rating of each balloon hit (accuracy + power) so I know how I can improve. 5) Loading times were long. Loading a new workout seemed to take a while as well as loading the next song / stage. I lost connection during my training session and when I came back in decided to skip the training since it didn't auto prompt if I wanted to finish it.
Lucie Loubet
Supernatural is the best. I didn't think it was possible to actually enjoy working out, but this is SO MUCH FUN. Trainers are great, the destinations are insane, and the playlists are on point. Can't stop using it. Congrats @chrismilk and team 👏