Luxury gym worth HK$74.5 million incorporates VR simulators
With this luxury private gym, you can easily stick with your New Year's Resolution and burn off those extra calories
Despite his fit physique, Allen Poon isn't your average gym rat.
"I'm not really a big fan of the gym. I always feel like I am trapped on a hamster wheel whenever I'm at a gym," the architect jokes.
With that in mind, for his ultimate private gym project, Poon brings the perfect environment indoors, with a little help from cutting-edge virtual reality simulators.
The luxe private gym consists of two levels, floats on the ocean and makes for a perfect extension to your grand beach house.
The upper level of the structure features a dome-shaped screen for virtual reality projections, an infinity pool, changing rooms and sauna facilities, while the undersea level is designed to accommodate a range of gym equipment and a pool tank.
Poon incorporates hi-tech virtual reality simulators that bring real fun into exercising.
The simulators project moving images to take you to a destination of your desire. The visual effects also reflect personalised training programmes, be it urban marathon training or trekking on Mount Everest.
The dome-shaped screen creates an illusion of extra space and can seamlessly project motion images compared to the display on flat screens. The virtues of the airtight dome don't just end here. It also allows a completely controlled environment and atmospheric effect simulations, such as rain or sunshine.
Indoor rainfall can be created by adding motion sensors to prevent the user from getting wet.
"These simulations not only make exercising more fun but also helps you train under different conditions," Poon says.