As life would have it, as I was finishing my FitXR VR workout sessions in early January on the Meta Quest 3S, I was approached to see if I wanted to participate in Meta's 2025 Fitness Challenge. Since I enjoyed virtual workouts, I said yes, but what awaited me at the end of the experience was something I wasn’t expecting.
To give you a bit of a perspective, Meta’s 2025 Fitness Challenge is a high-tech twist to New Year’s fitness resolutions with an immersive mix of VR and MR workouts. It ran between 6 and 31 January, with participants such as myself invited to choose 1–3 sessions weekly from a curated lineup that blends strength, cardio, gaming, and mindfulness.
