Facebook explores integrating Oculus workouts with Apple Health

The proposed new feature would allow a user of the Oculus Move workout system to add data – like the number of calories burned – to the iPhone Health app. — Photo by Vinicius "amnx" Amano on Unsplash

Facebook Inc is exploring the idea of letting users synchronise workout data from Oculus virtual-reality headsets with Apple Inc’s Health app on iPhones, according to code discovered in the Oculus iPhone app.

The feature would allow a user of the Oculus Move workout system to add data – like the number of calories burned – to the iPhone Health app. Code hidden in the Oculus app also references the ability to view Oculus workout data on the Oculus VR headset that was previously saved to the Apple Health app.