HIIT The Road

Haller, Joshua C.; Jang, Young Hwan; Haller, Jack O.; Shaw, Lindsay Alexander; Wünsche, Burkhard C.

doi:10.1145/3290688.3290752

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“…exercising decreases as the intensity of the exercise increases (Peng et al, 2011;Foster et al, 2015). Therefore, many people lose motivation when doing HIIT (Haller et al, 2019). These concerns are supported by a recent study which found that following a HIIT intervention with overweight and obese adults, only 40% adhered to the program 12 months later (Roy et al, 2018).…”

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“…Exergames, if designed properly with regards to effectiveness and attractiveness (Sinclair et al, 2009), appear to be a suitable and appealing tool to facilitate this kind of training due to their playful, immersive, and motivating nature (Oh and Yang, 2010;Farrow et al, 2019). So far, only few studies have investigated exergames in the context of cHIIT (de Bruin et al, 2019;Farrow et al, 2019;Haller et al, 2019;Keesing et al, 2019) and none in fHIIT. This is possibly because few exergames feature both (1) an effective training concept that is comparable to cHIIT, and (2) an attractive game design to sustain players' motivation (Martin-Niedecken et al, 2019).…”

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“HIIT” the ExerCube: Comparing the Effectiveness of Functional High-Intensity Interval Training in Conventional vs. Exergame-Based Training

Martin-Niedecken

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et al. 2020

Front. Comput. Sci.

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“HIIT” the ExerCube: Comparing the Effectiveness of Functional High-Intensity Interval Training in Conventional vs. Exergame-Based Training

Martin-Niedecken

Mahrer

Rogers

et al. 2020

Front. Comput. Sci.

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“…A recent study suggests that purposefully integrating observation and surveillance based on text phrases shown in games can improve players' performance, experience, and motivation (Kao, 2021 ). NPC Spectators have also been employed in VR cycling games, where Haller et al ( 2019 ) have found that having NPC spectators cheer and clap for the player could improve player performance and maintain high intrinsic motivation. Although incorporating the effect of NPC spectators has been gaining attention, it is still seldom studied, and its impact has not been evaluated in other types of exergames (e.g., gesture-based).…”

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“…With the arrival of virtual reality (VR), which relies on body motions, there has been an emphasis on developing games that use physical movements as a way to make exercising fun and are tailored for different age groups (Xu et al, 2021a , b , 2022 ). Recently, Haller et al ( 2019 ) have employed spectators NPCs in a VR cycling game to explore whether having NPC spectators next to the cycling route to cheer and clap for the player could improve the player's performance and maintain intrinsic motivation. Their results showed that the virtual crowd feedback increased players' performance (cycling speed) and heart rate during the game.…”

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Exploring the effect of the Group Size and Feedback of non-player character spectators in virtual reality exergames

Meng

et al. 2023

Front. Psychol.

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Despite the widespread interest in leveraging non-player characters (NPCs) to enhance gameplay experiences, there is a gap in understanding of how NPC spectators (i.e., those virtual characters in the scene that watch users' actions) affect players. For instance, the impact of NPC spectators' presence and feedback on players' performance and experience has not been studied, especially in virtual reality (VR) exergames. This paper aims to fill this gap and reports two user studies that assess their effect on such games. Study 1 explored the impact of having NPC spectators present and their feedback available in a gesture-based VR exergame and found having NPC spectators and their feedback could improve players' game performance, experience, and exertion. Based on Study 1's results, we further explored two characteristics of the spectators—their group size (small/large) and their feedback (with/without). The results show that (1) a large spectator number is more helpful since it improves the overall game experience (higher competence, flow, immersion), increases AvgHR% (the average heart rate percentage divided by the maximum heart rate), and enhances performance (improved players' combo performance and increased gesture success rate for particular gesture); (2) spectator feedback is instrumental in improving players' performance (higher gesture success rates, more combos performed successfully, more monster's combos prevented), enhancing game experience (positive affect, competence, flow, and immersion), and reducing negative game experience, increasing exertion (AvgHR% and burned more calories). Based on the results, we derived two main design recommendations for VR exergames that could pave the way for improving gameplay performance and game experience, especially among young adults.

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“…Research suggested that employing a HIIT protocol could significantly increase the energy expenditure and heart rate when compared to a non-HIIT version [1]. Moreover, stationary cycling-based VR exergames that employed HIIT have been found to let players achieve the required intensity for HIIT [2,10,14]. Applying HIIT to VR exergame could also potentially mitigate the typical VR HMD-related issues such as VR sickness [33], sweat and wearer discomfort [26].…”

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VirusBoxing

Liang

et al. 2020

Extended Abstracts of the 2020 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play

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Physical activity or exercise can improve people's health and reduce their risk of developing several diseases; most importantly, regular activity can improve the quality of life. However, lack of time is one of the major barriers for people doing exercise. High-intensity interval training (HIIT) can reduce the time required for a healthy exercise regime but also bring similar benefits of regular exercise. We present a boxing-based VR exergame called VirusBoxing to promote physical activity for players. VirusBoxing provides players with a platform for HIIT and empowers them with additional abilities to jab a distant object without the need to aim at it precisely. In this paper, we discuss how we adapted the HIIT protocol and gameplay features to empower players in a VR exergame to give players an efficient, effective, and enjoyable exercise experience. CCS CONCEPTS • Software and its engineering → Interactive games; • Applied computing → Computer games; • Human-centered computing → Virtual reality.

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HIIT The Road

Cited by 28 publications

References 36 publications

“HIIT” the ExerCube: Comparing the Effectiveness of Functional High-Intensity Interval Training in Conventional vs. Exergame-Based Training

“HIIT” the ExerCube: Comparing the Effectiveness of Functional High-Intensity Interval Training in Conventional vs. Exergame-Based Training

Exploring the effect of the Group Size and Feedback of non-player character spectators in virtual reality exergames

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