System for providing virtual exercising place

A system for providing a virtual exercise place, the system being connected to a plurality of terminals and fitness equipment, each of said plurality of terminals comprising a video capturing device and an audio capturing device, the system comprising:

• an image information database in which location-based image data is stored, the location-based image data including exercise place image data relating to the virtual exercise place, the exercise place image data relating to the virtual exercise place including exercise location image data corresponding to each of a plurality of locations within the virtual exercise place;
• an image data controller configured to:
• (a) select from the image information database the exercise place image data relating to the virtual exercise place;
• (b) transmit to a first terminal the exercise location image data corresponding to an exercise start location received from the first terminal;
• (c) receive exercise distance information calculated by a first fitness equipment;
• and (d) display on the first terminal the exercise location image data corresponding to a virtual current location, the virtual current location corresponding to a location that is an exercise distance away from the exercise start location;
• an exercise record database configured to store the exercise location image data corresponding to the exercise start location and the exercise location image data corresponding to the virtual current location displayed on the first terminal;
• wherein, when a joint exercise start signal is transmitted from a second terminal to the image data controller, the image data controller displays on the second terminal the exercise location image data corresponding to the virtual current location.