One of our favorite yoga and Pilates workout apps, Alo Moves, is coming to VR on Meta Quest 3. Priced at $69/year. Alo moves XR will become the first wellness app on the platform to include 3D volumetric capture classes that allow for additional immersion.
The app uses a 3D volumetric technique to capture classes from all angles, so “users can interact with their 3D instructors, reposition them and view every angle for a full 360-degree perspective, helping to hone techniques seamlessly.” and movement,” the company wrote. At the same time, you will be able to choose from several picturesque locations, including Spain, Norway and Thailand. On a more practical note, the app uses room mapping and object detection of your own physical space to make sure you don't collide with anything.
Alo Moves XR launches with 32 yoga, pilates and mindfulness classes with some of its popular instructors, including yoga teacher Ashley Galvin and pilates specialist Bianca Wise. The app promises a structured release schedule with four or five new mixed reality yoga and Pilates classes added monthly, along with weekly meditation and sound bath sessions. It also offers things like class history tracking, post-class feedback, and milestone badges.
Later this year, Alo Moves will introduce new instructors and expand its offerings with 20+ minute yoga sessions, quick toning/sculpting classes, yoga fundamentals, nighttime stretches, breathing exercises and more.
The company promises an experience “as close to in-person as possible,” according to its press release. It seems like a clever way to use virtual reality (or extended reality, as Meta prefers you to call it), especially since it allows you to study an instructor's technique from all angles. That would put it above other Meta fitness apps like Oh shape and Les Mills Bodycombat.
Alo Moves XR will cost $10 per month or $69 per year, but buyers of the Alo Moves x Meta Quest bundle can purchase it for $49 per year. If you already have an Alo Moves subscription, you can add Alo Moves XR for $20 per year.
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