That’s where the OVO-4 soars into the picture. This is a full-motion flight simulator that’s small enough to fit in your house. The egg-shaped capsule houses three monitors, simulated controls, and all the motors and such needed to give you the full-motion experience. That includes rumbling for simulated turbulence, as well as having the whole capsule pitch and roll in time with Microsoft’s Flight Simulator X.

You can have them configure the inside the mimic the look and feel of a Cessna 172, Piper Seneca, Mooney Bravo, or — if you prefer — some generic layout for some generic plane. There’s even a “smart lighting system” that adjusts the interior lighting to represent the ambient lighting depicted in the game simulator.

The whole shi-bang will cost you GBP35,995 (just under $60k US), including delivery, installation, and setup. Find it for sale on VirtualFly, a Spanish company.

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Think you have a shot at wearing that yellow jersey? Think you have what it takes to be the next Lance Armstrong? Well, you need to do some training first and that’s where the new ProForm Tour de France indoor cycle comes into the picture.

To the undiscerning eye, this might look like just another stationary bike, but this is the official training bike of the Tour de France. Kicking it up a notch, they’re actually using something called iFit Live Technology, which is powered by Google Maps. It mirrors the real course of the Tour de France, adjusting the motorized incline/decline and Real Road Resistance on the fly.

Don’t like the official route? You can log onto the iFit.com website from ProForm, draw out your own custom cycling route anywhere in the world, and the Google Maps integration will simulate that course on the training bike for you. Can you imagine how useful this would be for the real competitors? The bike can store up to 10 rides at a time. The only limit is the the incline and decline can’t exceed 20 per cent.

Rounding out the specs are 24 gears with digital control, one year of iFit.com membership, Polar wireless chest pulse compatibility, WiFi connectivity, iPod port, built-in speaker, three way seat adjustment, standard seat mount, and standard pedal mounting. Pre-orders are being taken now for $1299.

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