If your 2014 resolution is to get in shape, then "Race Yourself" might just be the app to get the job done.
As its name suggests, the Google Glass app allows users to race against themselves, and beat personal-fitness records by completing virtual games. Users can also race against friends or projections of professional athletes, including Olympic sprinter Usain Bolt.
“Imagine racing against your own personal best, chasing a friend you want to beat or even escaping a 400-tonne cargo train traveling at your target marathon pace," company co-founder Alex Foster said in a release. "By blending reality with virtual reality, we can make workouts a lot more interesting and motivating."
“As well as making exercise more interesting, we wanted to incorporate the addictive and social elements from gaming. That’s why we reward users with unlockable games for completing workouts.”
Race Yourself gives you access to more than 30 games that include fleeing boulders or outrunning hordes of zombies, so you'll never get bored of exercising. Like other popular fitness apps, Race Yourself also keeps track of pace and calories burnt.
After six months of development, Race Yourself has a beta version of its app ready, and will launch a crowdfunding campaign via its website on Jan. 8.
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