Only thing I’ve been able to stick to
I am not a gym person. I’ve been going to Black Box VR 3 days a week for over a year.
Laggy
Been trying to login with my username. It’s a great workout, no question about that. Problems logging in persist. Tried resetting my password, creating a username, and nothing. I don’t see the point in having the service to my gym membership at EŌS if the software to monitor my workouts isn’t working.
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Massive potential
I work out at EōS in Chandler, AZ. I love the concept of the VR workout and the app makes it super easy to track and schedule, except that it only lets me schedule for the San Francisco location which is of course no use to me.
Kludgy and frustrating software
I really enjoyed my VR demo session the other month. VR fitness is a great idea and so I was excited to upgrade my EōS membership and do VR fitness sessions every week. Unfortunately, the software is terrible. It has wasted hours of my time now. Once I got to a certain session where they introduced bicep and tricep workouts, the session would essentially freeze and not allow me to do anything. It has been like this the past 5 or 6 times I’ve tried it and the IT department didn’t help resolve the issue. I tried different VR booths and had them reset the session on their end, etc. Nothing worked. So I ended up paying extra money and wasting my time for nothing. I highly do NOT recommend Black Box VR. Very disappointing.
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Real life workout game? Yes please!
Best investment into a gym membership ever! Says a lot from myself who avoided to pay & needs exercise for the longest time. Very fun & addicting! I’ve gained old muscles over the past 6 months doing consistent workouts 💪❤️
Best workout regimen Iv ever tried!!
It is genuinely fun & engaging! I never used to look forward to working out, it was just something I did begrudgingly. Now I have to fight the urge to come in on my rest days because I want to go workout so badly! Since I started Iv done over 160 workouts & I'm still having so much fun! This is the most physical improvement Iv got from working out before too. Iv gained 35lbs of muscle while also trimming up fat on my abs & all my one rep max weights are 3-6x higher than they were when I started & I can do 10x more total volume in a day compared to my first workout!!
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Support got back to me and fixed all my issues quickly.
I don’t have any major complaints anymore my only one would be that contacting them through their website took forever while rating them negatively got the issue fixed quickly.
Endless loading loop (fixed)
Tried on both my iPhone XS and 2021 iPad Pro and neither work (edit: fixed by creating account in app instead of website).
This gym will change your life
This is a highly effective 30 min, high intensity workout that I highly recommend to anyone. Just keep coming in and the results will come.
I love this app!
The Black Box VR app is great! It tracks all my Black Box VR workouts and shows my fitness progress over time. I can easily schedule my workout battles and engage in the VR fitness community.
Genuinely Motivational
This was an incredibly invigorating experience that left me feeling as if I’d just spent an hour at the gym. The game did an incredible job of scaling to my strength and consistently keeping me at my limit throughout the duration of the workout. The gameplay in the arena was genuinely fun and presented an intriguing challenge that helped me push myself. This is a revolutionary way to genuinely motivate yourself to consistently workout and always push yourself to work harder and I would recommend it for anyone regardless of previous experience in Virtual Reality or the Gym.
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Great workout, app is abysmal
The workout was a blast, however, the app is so bad I’m reconsidering my membership. It is slow, buggy, and poorly executed. For example, after my first workout, I went in the app where MAIA showed me how to navigate the new section. However, I have to go through her tutorial EVERY TIME I open the app. Also, when you attempt to enter data in the arm measurement, it shoots an error and says you entered a “weight” that is too low. Afer you clear the error message, the app freezes and you have to shut it down completely. When I signed up and tried to pay, I got a plain white screen with no ability to enter payment information. Same thing when I tried to select and schedule sessions. Restarting the app fixed the problem, but it speaks to the many challenges these developers need to overcome to truly engage their users. Also, the app doesn’t stay open if you have to switch to another app like text messaging, so you have to go through the slow login process all over again. I was really excited to use this app to support my BBVR workouts, but it’s not very helpful when it barely functions and has so many bugs. Given that the workouts are uber high tech, I expected more of the app and find it pretty disappointing with regards to contributing to my enjoyment of the workouts and tracking my progress.
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Response from developer
Hi! Thanks for your feedback -- sorry you experienced those issues! The Black Box team has been hard at work making sure your experience is the best one possible. All of these issues and more have been addressed in the latest builds -- please make sure you keep up to date so that you can experience all that BlackBox VR has to offer!
Good strength program
I have been doing this gym for just under 2 months. Really great for strength building. My biggest complaint is there needs to be more variety in the workouts.
No Apple Health app support
Since you have to take off your Apple Watch during the workout it would be nice to at least send your workout data to the Apple Health app, as no record of your workout is currently possible.
Not actually for beginners
The gym won’t let you continue until you complete the tutorials, which are set at a difficult level. The staff did the tutorial for the bench press for me but after three sessions of “Would you like to try that again?” I’d rather not try that again.
Best workout app!
Since I’ve gotten this and signed up for the gym here in town I have seen huge improvements not only in how often I actually WANT to go to the gym but also my physical ability. Being able to workout quickly without changing weights and machines has saved me so much time and it’s a way better workout! Keeps your heart rate up the whole time!
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