Born to Run, Programmed to Play: Mapping the Extended Reality Exergames Landscape

S Karaosmanoglu, S Cmentowski, LE Nacke… - Proceedings of the CHI …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Many people struggle to exercise regularly, raising the risk of serious health-related issues.
Extended reality (XR) exergames address these hurdles by combining physical exercises …

A perspective on implementation of technology-driven exergames for adults as telerehabilitation services

CJW Meulenberg, ED de Bruin, U Marusic - Frontiers in psychology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
A major concern of public health authorities is to also encourage adults to be exposed to
enriched environments (sensory and cognitive-motor activity) during the pandemic …

Multidisciplinary iterative design of exergames (MIDE): a framework for supporting the design, development, and evaluation of exergames for health

Y Li, J Muñoz, S Mehrabi, L Middleton, S Cao… - … 2020, Held as Part of the …, 2020 - Springer
Exercise video games (exergames) are increasingly being employed as a complementary
intervention to promote physical activity engagement in response to the need for creating …

Movablebag: Exploring asymmetric interaction for multi-user exergame in extended reality

LA Mendez, HY Ng, PH Han - Adjunct Proceedings of the 2022 ACM …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
Previous research shows that virtual reality (VR) exergames motivate users' physical activity
with immersion and enjoyment. However, it limits the movement for players to perform …

Studying the effect of display type and viewing perspective on user experience in virtual reality exergames

W Xu, HN Liang, Z Zhang, N Baghaei - Games for health journal, 2020 - liebertpub.com
Background: Physical inactivity has been identified as the fourth leading cause of death
globally. It is now well established that a sedentary lifestyle is a unique risk factor for several …

Thighrim and Calf-Life: a study of the conversion of off-the-shelf video games into exergames

M Ketcheson, L Walker, TCN Graham - … of the 2016 chi conference on …, 2016 - dl.acm.org
Exergames are a fun and engaging way to participate in physical activity. Exergame users
consistently require new content to maintain interest in the activity. One way to provide users …

Competitive vs affiliative design of immersive VR exergames

K Ijaz, Y Wang, D Milne, RA Calvo - Serious Games: Second Joint …, 2016 - Springer
Virtual reality (VR) can provide compelling experiences which might enhance users'
engagement with physical activity. Despite the known health benefits of exergaming, there is …

Get off the couch: an approach to utilize sedentary commercial games as exergames

A Chatta, T Hurst, G Samaraweera, R Guo… - Proceedings of the 2015 …, 2015 - dl.acm.org
The objective of this research is evaluating a novel method to enable any sedentary
commercial game to be utilized as an effective exercise game (exergame). In general there …

Never skip leg day again: Training the lower body with vertical jumps in a virtual reality exergame

S Cmentowski, S Karaosmanoglu, LE Nacke… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Virtual Reality (VR) exergames can increase engagement in and motivation for physical
activities. Most VR exergames focus on the upper body because many VR setups only track …

Exergames for physiotherapy and rehabilitation: a medium-term situated study of motivational aspects and impact on functional reach

JD Smeddinck, M Herrlich, R Malaka - Proceedings of the 33rd Annual …, 2015 - dl.acm.org
Exergames are increasingly considered as an exercise instruction modality in health
applications. Studies are typically conducted in non-situated contexts and capture short-term …