Your spin class may never be the same again.

An Italy-based team has come up with an innovative new product that promises to mix the Oculus Rift with a responsive, real-world bike.

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The resulting effect is a set up that lets you ride in any number of environments — from midtown Manhattan to a secluded mountain path — allowing you to sweat during your biking trip on the streets of Tokyo, while never leaving your home.

One of the best parts of the system, called Widerun, is that it allows you to use your existing bike rather than requiring you to clutter your home with a large stationary bike.

Image: Widerun

Your own, street-ready bike fits into Widerun's docking station, which uses an embedded microcontroller to simulate steering, speed and the resistance effects corresponding to your virtual environment.

In addition to working with the Oculus Rift, the system also functions with the Samsung Gear VR or a widescreen television (if VR isn't your thing and you'd prefer just a "window" into where you're biking).

The team also has a VR environment store where you can purchase a variety of biking scenarios.

As we've seen before with VR, the only way to really know how well it works is to try it in-person, but if the Widerun works as promised, this could very well capture the attention of millions of spin class devotees who now only have a coach and music to break the stationary cycling monotony.

VR-assisted fitness could finally become viable for the mainstream.

With a modest Kickstarter funding goal of around $44,000, the project stands a fair chance of reaching its target, with kits running just $400 and delivery expected in April of 2016.

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