I've actually used two variants on this theme in a gym in charlotte. They had a cycle variant hooked up to a soccer game that held my interest pretty well. There was also a stairmaster variant that allows you to pilot a hot air balloon and put out fires with a water cannon. The only difference was that the units I tried had built-in monitors that were able to display configuration menus and the workout stats.
I was half-seriously trying to convince my wife to get the gamebox + simcycle. The Exercycle is only $150 more, and actually provides a pretty decent workout. I've "played" while wearing a heart monitor, I could get up to 80% of my heart rate after 5-10 minutes, and didn't get bored playing 20-30 minutes at a stretch. I can only imagine how long I could stand to play Carmageddon.... I'm still trying to figure out what bare minimum key bindings I'd need to be able to stand playing any multiplayer FPS... Plus, you wouldn't have the same ability to strafe.... Hmmmm.....
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I've actually used two variants on this theme in a gym in charlotte. They had a cycle variant hooked up to a soccer game that held my interest pretty well. There was also a stairmaster variant that allows you to pilot a hot air balloon and put out fires with a water cannon. The only difference was that the units I tried had built-in monitors that were able to display configuration menus and the workout stats.
I was half-seriously trying to convince my wife to get the gamebox + simcycle. The Exercycle is only $150 more, and actually provides a pretty decent workout. I've "played" while wearing a heart monitor, I could get up to 80% of my heart rate after 5-10 minutes, and didn't get bored playing 20-30 minutes at a stretch. I can only imagine how long I could stand to play Carmageddon.... I'm still trying to figure out what bare minimum key bindings I'd need to be able to stand playing any multiplayer FPS... Plus, you wouldn't have the same ability to strafe.... Hmmmm.....