Body Worn Sensors for Health Gaming and e-Learning in Virtual Reality

Abstract

Virtual reality is an emerging field in the whole world. The problem faced by people today is that they are more indulged in indoor technology rather than outdoor activities. Hence, the proposed system introduces a fitness solution connecting virtual reality with a gaming interface so that an individual can play first-person games. The system proposed in this paper is an efficient and cost-effective solution that can entertain people along with playing outdoor games such as badminton and cricket while sitting in the room. To track the human movement, sensors Micro Processor Unit (MPU6050) are used that are connected with Bluetooth modules and Arduino responsible for sending the sensor data to the game. Further, the sensor data is sent to a machine learning model, which detects the game played by the user. The detected game will be operated on human gestures. A publicly available dataset named IM-Sporting Behaviors is initially used, which utilizes triaxial accelerometers attached to the subject's wrist, knee, and below neck regions to capture important aspects of human motion. The main objective is that the person is enjoying while playing the game and simultaneously is engaged in some kind of sporting activity. The proposed system uses artificial neural networks classifier giving an accuracy of 88.9%. The proposed system should apply to many systems such as construction, education, offices and the educational sector. Extensive experimentation proved the validity of the proposed system.

Designing a Mobile Application for Working Memory Training through Understanding the Psychological and Physiological Characteristics of Older Adults

“…This system could be implemented in several educational institutions, including intelligent training systems, virtual tutors, intelligent simulations, and interactive learning management methods [28]. Afsar (2022) proposed an efficient and cost-effective system that allows people to be entertained while sitting in a room playing outdoor games such as badminton and cricket, with the main goal that the person is enjoying while playing the game and engaging in physical activity [29]. performed eight minigames for cognitive assessment such as word pairs, memory scanning, and size counting in older adults, young adults, and patients with cognitive impairment, respectively, and showed that the scores obtained in the games correlated with the presence of patients' functioning, and that cognitive video games could be used to track the cognitive function of older adults with and without cognitive impairment evolution [30].…”