Encouraging mental and physical wellness through movement and music in Virtual Reality.

BearHammer Games正在开发一款虚拟现实（VR）应用程序，该应用程序通过四种风格的运动输入和游戏玩法，在自然的户外环境中实现音乐引导的运动，这些运动输入和游戏玩法的灵感来自武术和健身：射箭、绳索、投掷/气拳和Bo staff。游戏在高强度的健身音乐和恢复性健身和减压时刻之间交替进行，鼓励在舒适的环境中进行低强度的运动和伸展。在游戏的放松环境中，用户可以按照自己的节奏进行放松活动，与周围环境互动，比如击落挂在树上的苹果，用绳子上的涟漪运动收集宝石，在舒适的图书馆里与书互动。在支持自由舞蹈的游戏区域中，特定的动作会引发环境的反应，让树叶和蝴蝶在用户周围旋转。由用户的动作触发的音乐和环境将表现一致。我们的应用程序将提供无与伦比的视觉效果，复杂的用户动作，以及与我们的环境，情绪和目标相匹配的自定义音乐。该项目创新了VR健身类型，将幻想元素引入VR前所未见的基于节奏的游戏玩法中，让玩家体验到在幻想环境中成为巫师的兴奋和放松。创意催化剂补助金允许我们的团队完成应用程序原型的开发。这个原型将确保移植到VR平台，提高我们产品的整体成功率。

BearHammer Games are developing a virtual reality (VR) application that gameifies music-guided movements in a natural outdoor setting via four styles of movement input and gameplay inspired by martial arts and fitness: Archery, Ropes, Throw/Air-punch, and Bo staff. The game alternates between moments of higher intensity fitness set to music and moments of restorative fitness and stress reduction that encourage low intensity movement and stretching in cozy environment.In the relaxing environment of the game, users can interact with their surroundings by doing relaxing activities at their own pace, with possible examples such as shooting down an apple hanging from a tree, collecting gems using ripple movements from ropes, and interacting with books in a cozy library. In areas of the game which support free-form dancing, specific movements initiate responses from the environment, making leaves and butterflies swirl around the user. The music and environments will behave in unison, triggered by the user's movements. Our application will offer an unparalleled combination of visuals, intricate user movements, and custom music matching our environments, moods, and objectives.This project innovates on the VR fitness genre by introducing fantasy elements to rhythm based gameplay not seen before in VR, allowing players to experience both the excitement and relaxation of being a wizard in a fantasy environment. The Creative Catalyst Grant allows our team to complete the development of an application prototype. This prototype will secure porting grants to VR platforms, increasing the overall success rate of our product.