Using a virtual body to aid in exergaming system development

IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 39-48

  Sinclair, Jeff ^a   Hingston, Philip ^a   Masek, Martin ^a   Nosaka, Kazunori ^b  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biological system modeling; Biomedical monitoring; Biosensors; Exergames; Games; Genetic algorithms; Heart rate; Simulation; Software; Testing

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; BIOSENSORS; GAME THEORY; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE TESTING;

BIOLOGICAL SYSTEM MODELING; BIOMEDICAL MONITORING; EXERGAMES; GAMES; HEART RATE; SIMULATION; SOFTWARE;

PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

ARTICLE; BICYCLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER INTERFACE; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; RECREATION;

BICYCLING; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 63149163473     PISSN: 02721716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCG.2009.37     Document Type: Article

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