Investigating a DTV-based physical activity application to facilitate wellbeing in older adults

Proceedings of the 2010 British Computer Society Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, BCS-HCI 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 278-288

  Carmichael, Alex ^a   Rice, Mark ^a   MacMillan, Freya ^b   Kirk, Alison ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DTV; Gesture control; Older adults; Physical exercise; Wii mote

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL TELEVISION; FEEDBACK; SPORTS; TELEVISION BROADCASTING;

COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS; GESTURE CONTROL; HEALTH BENEFITS; OLDER ADULTS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EXERCISE; SUBJECTIVE FEEDBACK; WII MOTE;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 85072383905     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.14236/ewic/hci2010.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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