Towards mobile collaborative exergaming

2nd International Conference on Advances in Human-Oriented and Personalized Mechanisms, Technologies, and Services - CENTRIC 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 61-64

  Gorgu, Levent ^a   O'Hare, Gregory M P ^a   O'Grady, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Exergaming; Mobile computing; Pervasive health

Indexed keywords

CHILDHOOD OBESITY; EXERGAMING; MOBILE COMPUTING TECHNOLOGY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY LEVELS;

NUTRITION;

MOBILE COMPUTING;

EID: 74349083198     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CENTRIC.2009.16     Document Type: Conference Paper

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