Fitzgerald, D., Foody, J., Kumar, D., Kelly, D., Ward, Tomas E., Markham, Charles and Caulfield, B. (2006) Integration of kinematic Analysis into Computer Games for Exercise. In: CGAMES 2006 - 9th International Conference on Computer Games: AI, Animation, Mobile, Educational and Serious Games, 2006, Dublin Institute of Technology, Dublin, Ireland.
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Abstract
This paper incorporates a review of current
methods for integrating body movement or
physical activity into computer games and a
rationale for a new approach in this genre.
Computer games are frequently implicated in the
increasing sedentary nature of modern lifestyles
and associated problems such as childhood
obesity. Any measures that help to incorporate
physical exercise into computer games will help
to advance the notion that they can be used to
promote rather than hinder health. Current
approaches to integrating physical exercise into
games can be divided into 2 categories: (1)
camera based tracking of gross 2-D body
movement and, (2) sensor based tracking of 2 or
3-D kinematics of regional body segments. These
approaches are appropriate for their means yet
they do not permit integration of whole body 3-
dimensional kinematics into a computer
game. Such a system should have the capability
to monitor 3-D kinematics from all body
segments and reconstruct the body's movement
in real-time on screen. Integration of
physiological sensors could augment the
kinematic data to add features to the game. This
approach to gaming could be used to guide and
analyse a user while performing a series of
exercises such as Yoga or Pilates and give
feedback both during and after the exercise
regime to help improve future performance
Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
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Keywords: | Computer Game; Serious Games; Exercise; Motion Capture; Biofeedback; |
Academic Unit: | Faculty of Science and Engineering > Electronic Engineering |
Item ID: | 1309 |
Depositing User: | Dr Tomas Ward |
Date Deposited: | 25 Mar 2009 14:56 |
Refereed: | Yes |
URI: | https://mu.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/1309 |
Use Licence: | This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here |
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