ETHEREAL
ETHEREAL
We need to reactivate our bodies after the digital revolution. A metaverse that we take sitting down lacks richness and robs our health.
The cure for endorphin deficit disorder: the experience is virtual, the fitness is reality.
the mek platform
Active interaction with the virtual world. Like something from a dream, but this dream gives you health.
Behind the scenes, state-of-the-art digital twins based on a multibody dynamics physical engine with real-time capability
width : 57"
Height : 95"
depth : 95"
interaction
You’re in the driver’s seat, as it should be.
The integrated touch screen invites you to interact. Change the workout, the resistance, the location, your avatar, the experience. Invite friends. All from your personal account.
Full range of motion
full force
real-world physics
content
Rich, imaginative, immersive content transforms routine activity into repeatable experience. Between generative AI worlds, rigged avatars, and unlimited Mechs, your experience never grows repetitive. And that’s what makes it all work.
1) AVATARS. Be who you want to be. Your avatar captures your motion accurately, in real time. Nobody needs to know who’s driving it.
2) MECHs. As a fitness device, the Speeder is controlled by presses and rows, and balance. As recreation, it’s a regular Speeder. Only the force feedback level sets the difference.
3) WORLDS. The immersive world is an amazing and infinite place. It may be AI generated, 3D scanned, or modeled. Your choice - wherever you want to go to escape for a while.
you choose what you do,
where you do it,
and who you’re with.
features
The platform reads you optically, and optimizes your experience, based on body geometry, age and strength. This makes for more natural and safer motion, whether for fitness or just for fun.
1) Motion Capture. The platform reads your precise motion, constantly monitoring and refining for the perfect workout.
2) Self-adjusting. Humans have different sizes. So the motion paths and start/stop points adjust precisely to the individual’s proportions, automatically.
3) Networked machines. Activities are more fun with friends, regardless of physical location. A multiplayer experience turns a day of paddleboarding in Venice into a memory.
4) Physics based motion. IRL motion is accurately recreated, whether for water, space, mud, regolith - it’s all perfectly simulated.
Select force,
muscle groups,
activities,
& virtual location
fitness market
60% new members quit after 6 months.
#1 reason for quitting : boredom.
Solve for monotony, and you solve the gym’s sine-wave revenue model. And more members grow healthier, and invite friends & family.
Ethereal offers optimized fitness experiences, driven by user choices, as richly engaging as you want. Boredom isn’t an option.
Fitness works best when you consistently come back for more.
100,000 gyms - USA
tam : $30B
Sam : $6.4B
140,000 gyms - europe
8.7% cagr / 5 years
Simulation, training, physical therapy
Simulation as a training tool works best when convenient, accurate, repeatable, and measurable (affordable helps, too). Real-world physics drives MEK’s every motion, so it recreates pretty much anything - perfectly.
Simulating an environment that’s dangerous, expensive, or impossible otherwise? That’s when compliant motion control shines.
Simulating microgravity space requires photorealism to prepare the eye for intense glare and shadow, and familiarize the motion of celestial bodies. Accurately. And it requires motion with no gravity, but plenty of inertia, and resistance that represents the vacuum of space.
Reducing cognitive load improves outcomes. MEK is the only solution on this planet.
MEK is a universal motion-control platform that responds to code. The end-use depends entirely on the code created for it. The developer decides the application and requirements, and the MEK connects the body scanning, the motion control parameters, motion analytics and the VR setting. Collectively, this allows a broad set of solutions to emerge.
Physical Therapy only works when you do it. Simple. But we don’t. It’s too boring.
But what if it wasn’t? What if the experience of healing your tennis elbow was also the best 20 minutes of the day? Would you do it? Of course. Then the PT works.
Now add compliance monitoring, progress analysis, and highly adjustable resistance control, to optimize outcomes.
entertainment market
Entertainment centers suffer from ‘been there, done that, no need to go again.’
Equipment that offers exciting, fresh, social, new experiences, draws people back, along with friends.
$3b industry
$30.3B by 2028
34.4% cagr / 7 years
visit
Come visit us at our waterfront studio in Sausalito, just North of San Francisco. Plan for lunch at Le Garage, and a walk along the waterfront.
Contact : scott@ethereal-matter.com
80 Liberty Ship Way #22, Sausalito, CA 94965
contact us
We’re eager to meet partners and co-consipirators. Please reach out!
scott@ethereal-matter.com