Oh hey FitXR

It was here in an budget gym in London in 2014 that I decided to leave my job in finance and set up FitXR I believed that glasses were the next computing platform and this dull space, and fitness more broadly, would be transformed by the tech Still waiting but still believe

RIP 'half-kilogram facebricks' 😂 David Heaney

Analysts & journalists are significantly overestimating the significance of "up to 30%". That would just bring Reality Labs back to its 2021 spending - the Quest 2 era. But "Reality Labs Could Return To 2021 Level Spending" does not get the clicks of "META PULLS BACK ON VR".

Before tools like ShapesXR we prototyped with sticky tack 😂

Further update: the budget is going from Metaverse to Wearables So, investment in Reality Labs as a whole is presumably unchanged

If you thought this was good FitXR is going to blow your mind

60k people experience shows like this every day at the Sphere in Vegas If I was Meta I'd set up a retail store right outside with the same IP Cinema created the appetite for TV at home The same is true here. People just don't see the link yet

Privacy concerns around AR glasses are surely similar to the concerns people had about covertly recording audio on early iPhones

Reminds me when a well known VC punched a wall when demo'ing FitXR

🔥 Peloton built the most loved fitness product of the last decade. Yet Oura looks more likely to become the first true mass-market fitness company. I say that as someone who genuinely loves Peloton. When the instructor, soundtrack and class all line up, it’s magic. But when

Snackable workouts that feel like play 💪

7,000 steps/day is linked to a 47% lower risk of death vs 2,000. It’s not magic, just movement

Peloton recent laid off most of their gaming team despite Lanebreak having the same engagement as the top instructors What a miss Gamified fitness was one of the clear pillars to more mass market content They had a great signal And so much left to do

Most people don't have energy to exercise because they don't exercise.

That feeling when you pay good money for a gym that doesn’t have loud grunting people and then one turns up and grunts loudly