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>I would say the biggest surprise to me over the past 20 years with gyms is that this sort
>of thing didn't catch on and take over. Integrating videogames could have made gyms fun,
>instead they still use the most boring equipment imaginable and just post an equally boring
>tv displaying complete garbage.

The fitness centers would then have to probably divide the cycle section with 'boring adults section with tvs set' and then the 'gamers' section with integrated vid game play to cycle units.

iirc in a past interview, maybe 4 or 5 years ago with a comedy actor, maybe it was LA Times interview, but I don't remember who the comedy actor that was interviewed. The actor had said that writers were drafting a script in one of scenes that was to take place inside a fitness center in which cycle fitness units similar to the Salter unit were to be fitted with redemption tickets being printed out from each cycle unit. Whenever a person was done, they would go to the redemption bar and exchange the tickets for sweets such as candy bars, soda, etc.

It was meant to be a secondary comedy prop (think of the many multiple comedy props involved with movie "Airplane") that was part of the movie, but the budget and movie business micro-managers said "too expensive and maybe an invitation to protests or lawsuits" and script writers were told to go with something else.