E‘Ride on!’: The Zwift platform as a space for virtual leisure

Virtual environments as spaces for leisure are rapidly emerging within the zeitgeist of 21st century practices. One such environment is Zwift cycling and running app which provides a series virtual worlds where cyclists runners can train, race, socialise with global community from their own home. As four authors, we all in some way curious or engaged platform our leisure. We therefore developed ‘community inquiry’ to provide an initial foray into space. each produced section paper focused respectively on assemblage theory, micro-sociology, gender, morality. Through critique spirit collegiality, these texts were refined presented separate yet interlinked narratives. Our inquiry then reconvened consider mechanics game design present exhibiting components interreality. The concludes implications further research includes considering third space panopticon.