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Using Lights Out Boxing and Fitness Timer

Here are explanations for all the options on the settings panel:

LET APP RUN IN BACKGROUND:  Activate this to play ambient music/crowd audio and allow app to continue running while in background or device is locked. You can set the volume to zero if you want. Remember to fully close the app from the App Switcher if running in background.

AMBIENT SOUND VOLUME:  Control volume of ambient music/crowd audio.

PLAY 10-SEC ROUND END WARNING:  Select this if you want to hear a warning sound when 10 seconds remain in a round or HIIT interval.

THIS IS A HITT WORKOUT:  A HIIT workout will use HIIT sets instead of boxing rounds. Each HIIT set will have a high intensity interval and low intensity interval.

ACTIVITY TYPE – Select an activity that most closely fits the general type of excercise category you will be doing. Average calorie burn based on rough estimate for 150 lbs. body weight is calculated if saving your workout to the Apple Health app on iPhone.

WARMUP/GYM TIME – Amount of time for general warmup, stretching, or gym routine.

PREP TIME – Amount of time for getting ready for a particular activity. For example, wrapping hands before boxing.

ROUND/HIGH INTENSITY TIME – Amount of time for boxing rounds or high intensity HIIT intervals.

REST/LOW INTENSITY TIME – Amount of time for boxing rest between rounds or for low intensity HIIT intervals.

NUMBER OF ROUNDS – Number of boxing or HIIT rounds/phases.

COOLDOWN/GYM TIME – Amount of time for final cooldown or gym routine.

  • Any workout phase can be eliminated by setting its time to zero.

CALL OUT BOXING COMBOS – Option for hearing boxing combinations called out during rounds. Low and high difficulty settings.

Here are what the combo callout numbers mean:

  • 1 = Jab
  • 2 = Cross
  • 3 = Lead Hook
  • 4 = Rear Hook
  • 5 = Lead Uppercut
  • 6 = Rear Uppercut

SAVING PRESETS:  Use the save buttons to create up to 7 preset workout routines. You can give your presets custom names. To load a preset, press its load button which is located to the right of the save button. Load buttons will start appearing after you have saved your first preset.

EXERCISE WARNING:

Check with your doctor before starting any workout routine. Also, get advice from a certified trainer on protective equipment and proper technique to prevent injury. Never do any sparring without head protection and supervision by a trainer certified for your sport. This app cannot replace the advice given by medical or training professionals. In the event of error or failure in the device or this app, a timer may not present an accurate time count. Do not rely on this app to prevent overexertion, repetitive stress, or any other adverse effects.

NOTE:

Calorie burn is based on rough estimates for 150 lbs. body weight in general activity categories. Saving workouts to Apple Health is only available on iPhone.

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Playing Alien Gem War VR

Equipment

  • An iPhone (the game has been tested on iPhone 6s and above).
  • VR goggles. I happen to like the View-Master Deluxe VR viewer which has a very nice pair of lenses and a focusing knob. This viewer does not have a head strap, so you hold it like a pair of binoculars. I have done a great deal of testing with it. It costs about $25.
  • I also like the Merge VR goggles which are made of strong foam with focusing knobs and a head strap so you can play hands-free. This pair has also been used extensively in testing. They cost about $50.

Movement

  • Use your targeting reticle (the dot in the center of your screen) to aim at towers. A quick status circle will fill in, giving you time to decide if you want to cancel your movement. Then you will fly to the tower. It’s that simple. You aim and fly.
  • Look around the battle zone. Things come at you from in front, behind, above, and below.
  • Your spacesuit audio system will give you automated warnings about certain attacks or risks.
  • If you feel dizzy because you may be moving too quickly, stop playing and take a break.
  • It is best to play while sitting in a swivel chair, without obstructions or hazards nearby.

Firing Weapons

  • Your main gun fires automatically whenever you place your targeting reticle on a target. You may also choose to use your trigger to fire the weapon.
  • Landing on towers equips you with a long range missile if the tower is currently loaded. Your missile will fire automatically when an appropriate target is in your sights. You only get one missile per tower and towers take time to reload themselves.

Staying Alive

  • Your energy level is constantly dropping. You must continually harvest gems to replenish your energy supply. As the gem tower rises, you must protect it from the alien attacks and fly to the top of it and harvest the gems.
  • You can accelerate the rate of gem production by aiming at the energy gun next to the gem tower. However, this drains your energy faster. So you must balance speed of gem production against your survival.

Scoring High

  • As you harvest gems, you will notice that you build up a stockpile of gems next to the nearby rocket ship. When you have enough gems stockpiled you can launch the rocket toward the orbiting space station. The stockpiled gems will be loaded onboard the rocket and lifted toward the station.
  • You must keep the rocket moving by aiming at it periodically or it will crash back to the surface. Flying the rocket drains your energy quickly so you must balance the rocket flight against your survival as you fight and try to harvest more gems.
  • If the rocket reaches the space station you will receive a rocket bonus based upon how many gems you loaded into the rocket.

Other Skills

  • Stockpiled gems may also be used to temporarily incapacitate the alien saucer. You will have to figure out how to do this on your own. Be warned: it’s not easy.

Saving Your Score

  • Scores are saved to Game Center automatically whenever ‘Game Over’ happens. They are also saved if you use the ‘Exit’ button on the shortest tower to leave the game. The game must be able to authenticate you and establish a connection to Game Center for this to work. If you cannot be authenticated to Game Center, you will simply not have your scores saved there. If you are in the top 10 scores list you will appear on the leaderboard in the game’s initial entry screen. This is the only data collected and shared by the app. Only your Apple Game Center player name and score are used and saved on the game’s leaderboard in Game Center.
  • Your longest survival time is saved locally on your phone so that you can be reminded of it whenever you launch the game.

Don’t worry if you cannot survive long. The combination of skills required is a difficult one. If you survive for two minutes initially, you are doing incredibly well. You will improve and will soon find yourself a fully capable TerraQuest Space Mining Soldier!

Safety

This game requires a high amount of physical movement and uses the full 360 degree range of VR.

Children should play with adult supervision. Play VR games in a safe open area, free of obstructions, obstacles, and hazards. For increased safety, play while sitting in a swivel chair.

If you feel disoriented, dizzy, or nauseous, stop playing immediately.

Tips for iPhone Performance

  • To save battery life, go into General Settings – Accessibility – Display Accommodations and turn off Auto-Brightness.
  • Manually setting screen brightness somewhere just below the halfway point saves battery and still maintains visual quality.
  • Turn off any other applications that may be streaming audio while the game is running.
  • The game will perform properly on iPhones as recent as the 6s.
  • IOS 11 is recommended.
  • You may want to go into General Settings and turn off Background App Refresh.