Using the Kinect to Encourage Older Adults to Exercise: A Prototype

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn 2012-January, Issue , 2012, Pages 2297-2302

  Ganesan, Samyukta ^a   Anthony, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

exercise; focus group.; game; microsoft kinect; older adults; physical activity

Indexed keywords

'CURRENT; DATA GATHERING; EXERCISE; FOCUS GROUP.; FOCUS GROUPS; GAME; MICROSOFT'S KINECT; OLDER ADULTS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EXERCISE;

EID: 85139422569     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2212776.2223792     Document Type: Conference Paper

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