{"id":95296,"date":"2014-01-28T07:37:55","date_gmt":"2014-01-28T12:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=95296"},"modified":"2014-01-28T10:26:30","modified_gmt":"2014-01-28T15:26:30","slug":"race-yourself-fitness-app-for-google-glass-lets-you-run-from-zombies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/01\/race-yourself-fitness-app-for-google-glass-lets-you-run-from-zombies\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Glass Lets You Run From Zombies with \u2018Race Yourself\u2019 Fitness App"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For all you early adopters of <strong><a title=\"Fitness tracker guide\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/12\/the-only-fitness-tracker-review-guide-you-need-for-holiday-shopping\/\">wearable tech<\/a><\/strong>, or even those of you observing from the sidelines for now, startup \u2018Race Yourself\u2019 wants to bring a new layer to your daily exercise routine: augmented reality.<\/p>\n<p>Their app is launching Spring 2026 and is specifically made for Google Glass. You can pre-order a bundle of 10 exercise games for $9.95 on their website, as well as two accessories to enhance your workout experience.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"google glass zombie app\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/01\/race-yourself-fitness-app-for-google-glass-lets-you-run-from-zombies\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-95297\" alt=\"google glasses\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/google-glasses-e1390852319297.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The first is a Bluetooth heart rate monitor, which connects wirelessly to Google Glass. It sells for $39.95 and includes the same 10 exercise games. Since many of the games and activities include <strong><a title=\"find your heart rate zones\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/01\/find-your-target-heart-rate\/\">heart rate zones<\/a><\/strong>, it\u2019d be a worthy investment to help you get the most out of your work out.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re ready to go all-in on the experience, you can shell out $69.95 to get the Bluetooth heart rate monitor, the 10 exercise games, and a speedo that adds hands-free navigation and cadence data so you can challenge your friends.<\/p>\n<p>From what we can tell, the \u2018Race Yourself\u2019 games and monitoring for Google Glass are the first of their kind. However, the idea of gamifying otherwise mundane, routine tasks <strong><a title=\"fitness video games\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/slideshows\/healthy-kids-gift-guide\/active-video-games\/\">isn\u2019t anything new<\/a><\/strong>. The idea behind it is simple: reward hard work with exciting new content to help you push yourself to new levels.<\/p>\n<p>How does it work and what does it look like, you ask? Check out the short demo video below to see it in action.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"GOOGLE GLASS FOR FITNESS - Race Yourself - Virtual Reality Fitness Motivation\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/39W6CMpdGsM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re interested in picking up any of the three packages for yourself, you can pre-order any of them from the company\u2019s website, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.raceyourself.com\" target=\"_blank\">RaceYourself.com<\/a><\/strong>, now. They\u2019ll ship in the coming months.<\/p>\n<p><em><\/em><strong>Also Read:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"fitness tracker review\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/12\/the-only-fitness-tracker-review-guide-you-need-for-holiday-shopping\/\">The Only Fitness Tracker Review Guide You Need<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Bowflex heart rate monitor watch\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diets\/bowflex-hybrid-plus-heart-rate-monitor-watch\/\">Bowflex Hybrid Plus Heart Rate Monitor Watch<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"pros and cons of video game workouts\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/01\/the-pros-and-cons-of-video-game-workouts\/\">The Pros and Cons of Video Game Workouts<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For all you early adopters of wearable tech, or even those of you observing from the sidelines for now, startup \u2018Race Yourself\u2019 wants to bring a new layer to your daily exercise routine: augmented reality. Their app is launching Spring &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/01\/race-yourself-fitness-app-for-google-glass-lets-you-run-from-zombies\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":73,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[4361,8440,3672,398],"class_list":["post-95296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fitness","tag-google","tag-homepage","tag-technology","tag-video-games"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/73"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95296"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95296\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95302,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95296\/revisions\/95302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}