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# VR-Powered Bike Trainers
This Gamified Cycling Platform Lets Users Experience Adventure Indoors

By Jana Pijak | Published 2016-05-16 | Lifestyle
Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/bike-trainer
References: [widerun](http://www.widerun.com/) & [vimeo](https://vimeo.com/113165559)

Widerun is a [gamified exercise bike trainer](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/urace) that lets users experience the adventure and adrenaline of the great outdoors in the comfort of their own home. The sophisticated stationary bike platform is VR-powered, allowing its users to connect it to a [virtual reality headset](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/kinneta). Using their own bicycle, users are able to practice speed and control while tracking performance by simply plugging it into Widerun's platform.

Once wearing a VR headset, users can experience the rough terrain of a hillside setting or take in the beauty of scenic trails while indoors. Appealing to adventurous fitness buffs, this [connected bike trainer](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/aviron-fit-bike) makes improving performance an achievable feat for both experienced and amateur riders. The platform is also ideal for use during winter months when biking weather is not at its most favorable.

## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter)

- Score: 3.1/10
- Popularity: 16% | Activity: 70% | Freshness: 8%
- Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women
- Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X
- Top markets: North America, Europe, Asia

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## Key Themes

### Why This Trend Is Growing

- **Vr-powered Fitness Equipment:** Incorporating virtual reality into fitness equipment allows users to have immersive workout experiences and provides a disruptive innovation opportunity for fitness companies.
- **Gamified Exercise:** Gamification in fitness equipment is a growing trend that makes workouts more fun and engaging, opening up opportunities for software and gaming companies to partner with fitness equipment manufacturers.
- **Realistic Virtual Experience:** Providing a hyper-realistic virtual reality experience through fitness equipment creates an opportunity for VR technology companies to expand their reach into the home fitness industry.

### Industries Being Reshaped

- **Fitness Equipment Manufacturing:** Manufacturing companies that create fitness equipment can incorporate virtual reality technology into their products, providing users with immersive workout experiences.
- **Software Development:** Software development companies can partner with fitness equipment manufacturers to improve the gamification of exercise equipment and provide users with engaging virtual reality experiences.
- **Virtual Reality Technology:** Virtual reality technology companies can expand their market by developing innovative solutions for the home fitness industry, such as VR-powered bike trainers.

## Related on Trend Hunter

- [VR-Enabling Exercise Attachments](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/360vrfit.md)
- [Indoor Cycling Platforms](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/smash-your-fitness.md)
- [Metaverse-Ready Exercise Bikes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/dets-bike-pro.md)
- [Indoor Cycling Hubs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/zwift-hub.md)
- [Realistic Riding Exercise Bikes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/muoverti-tilt-indoor-smart-bike.md)
- [Spatial Video Exercise Bicycles](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/holobike.md)
- [Hologram Indoor Cycling Experiences](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/indoor-cycling-experience.md)
- [Gamified Treadmill Experiences](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/aviron-victory-treadmill.md)
- [Mixed-Reality Fitness Applications](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/kinneta.md)