Exergaming: A future of mixing entertainment and exercise assisted by mixed reality agents

Computers in Entertainment

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Görgü, Levent ^a   Campbell, Abey ^a   Dragone, Mauro ^a   O'Hare, Gregory M P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Exergaming; Games for health; Mixed reality; Serious games

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE WORLDS; DAILY ACTIVITY; EXERGAMING; FRONT END; GAMES FOR HEALTH; HEALTH BENEFITS; IMMERSIVE; INTERACTION INTERFACE; MIXED REALITY; NINTENDO; POWERED DEVICES; SERIOUS GAMES; SMART PHONES; VIRTUAL AVATAR;

AUGMENTED REALITY; HEALTH; VIRTUAL REALITY;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 78751664627     PISSN: 15443574     EISSN: 15443981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1921141.1921147     Document Type: Article

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