A Collaborative Aesthetic-Driven Virtual Fitness Game

Abstract

Abstract. By introducing a collaborative aesthetic-driven virtual fitness game, we give a possible solution to guide and encourage people who have sedentary lifestyle to do regular physical activity with enough intensity, duration and frequency. This method bridges physical interaction with a stationary bicycle and visual changes in a virtual environment, and combines it with a multiplayer game. During the test of game playing, individual participant's effort to meet their own target heart rate zone contributes to a team effort of aesthetic immersion overall.