[MUSIC PLAYING]
[DIOM LIM GRUNTS]
KAYLA ABEYTA: Blackbox
is essentially
a virtual reality fitness gym.
So you actually
put on a headset--
I'm so not used to this.
KAYLA ABEYTA: --you go into VR--
DIOM LIM: Whoa!
KAYLA ABEYTA: --and you play
this immersive video game.
Punch the red.
Punch the blue.
Karate chop.
DIOM LIM: My god!
KAYLA ABEYTA: Your body
is the controllers.
What!
Any exercise that
you do is actually
an attack inside the game.
DIOM LIM: This is way
better than that "Dance
Dance Revolution."
It's really giving
people a chance
to find something totally
different that can help them
adhere to their fitness goals.
Ryan DeLuca and Preston Lewis,
they have a background coming
from Bodybuilding.com They came
together, and they're like,
there's something here with
virtual reality and fitness.
And they actually started
out with a VR controller
duct taped to a dumbbell.
We actually are a
membership base.
So you come in just like
a regular fitness studio.
You go into your
own personal booth
and do a 30-minute
resistance workout.
I'm ready for battle!
KAYLA ABEYTA: Yeah.
Here we go.
So I'm in a giant
futuristic arena in a cave.
And so you're on
one side of the arena,
and your opponent is on the
other side of the arena.
How you do that
is by your attacks
in the game, which
are your exercises.
You're shooting out a
meteor every single time
you're doing an overhead press.
Oh, I see.
And you're doing cardio,
resistance training, cardio.
It's 30 minutes, but
you are non-stop going.
Oh my gosh!
This really is a workout.
KAYLA ABEYTA: Yes.
It's going to give you
an exhaustive workout,
but in a good way.
Oh my God, this
is really hard!
KAYLA ABEYTA: So
it's really going
to push you to your limit.
Your competitiveness
tends to come out more
so than you would ever expect.
Gonzo Mode, ugh!
KAYLA ABEYTA: Double damage.
You will push just
that extra little bit.
And it's that itching feeling,
right, of wanting to win.
The large portion of what
is so unique about Blackbox
is our data collection and
our AI inside the game.
DIOM LIM: Maintain proper form.
It knows I'm not
using proper form.
KAYLA ABEYTA: It can detect--
DIOM LIM: Oh my God,
I can't do this.
KAYLA ABEYTA: Let it go.
DIOM LIM: Ah!
KAYLA ABEYTA: Good job!
DIOM LIM: OK.
KAYLA ABEYTA: Our machine
actually tracks everything
that you do inside the workout.
You'll go to your Stat
section right here,
and then you can
see your battle log.
You could actually see how
many reps you're doing,
how many sets you're
doing in an instant right
after your workout.
So then your next workout is
even more personalized to you.
DIOM LIM: There's so much
happening around me that I'm
forgetting that I'm exercising.
That's the whole point, right?
KAYLA ABEYTA: Because
you're so immersed,
30 minutes normally tends
to feel like 10 to 15
minutes for a lot of people.
It goes by very fast.
So what did you think about
the experience as a whole?
DIOM LIM: It was awesome.
I felt like I was a superhero.
KAYLA ABEYTA: Boom, you did it.
Yeah, you did it!
Good job!
DIOM LIM: Soon as I
was done, I could not
wait to come back
so that way I could
beat the other characters.
