Exergaming: Hope for future physical activity? or blight on mankind?

The effects of exergaming on physical activity among inactive children in a physical education classroom.

Childhood obesity, which is due in part to lack of physical activity, is a serious concern that requires the attention of the behavioral community. Although excessive video game play has been noted in the literature as a contributor to childhood obesity, newer video gaming technology, called exergaming, has been designed to capitalize on the reinforcing effects of video games to increase physic...

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DynoFighter: exploring a physical activity incentive mechanism to support exergaming

We present a study and game design that explores how motion controlled physical activity levels can be used to support exergaming and an improved user experience in a traditional game genre. We developed DynoFighter, a two player full body competitive fighting game where a player’s activity levels influence their strength in the game, making it advantageous for players to exert themselves in or...

Can Exergaming Promote Physical Fitness and Physical Activity?: A Systematic Review of Systematic Reviews

This systematic review of systematic reviews evaluates the effectiveness of exergaming on physical fitness and physical activity. A systematic literature search was conducted on 10 databases, and 1040 articles were identified. Sixty-eight articles were found potentially relevant and were selected for closer screening. Cross-referencing was conducted to find other potentially relevant articles. ...

Advances in Mechanics and Outlook for Future Mankind Progress

Three problems for the interaction between N bodies to which exact solutions were obtained are discussed. In the first problem, the bodies are located axisymmetrically in a plane. Possible trajectories of the bodies here are ellipses, parabolas, hyperbolas, or straight lines. Results of solving this problem are further used for solving problems about Earth’s rotation and Mercury’s perihelion. I...