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International Conference on Physiological Computing Systems

International Conference on Physiological Computing Systems

International Conference on Physiological Computing Systems

PhyCS 2016, PhyCS 2017, PhyCS 2018: Physiological Computing Systems pp 58–77Cite as

From Body Tracking Interaction in Floor Projection Displays to Elderly Cardiorespiratory Training Through Exergaming

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The opportunity to develop new natural user interfaces has come forward due to the recent development of inexpensive full body tracking sensors, which has made this technology accessible to millions of users. In this paper, we present a comparative study between two natural user interfaces, and a cardiorespiratory training exergame developed based on the study results. The focus was on studying interfaces that could easily be used by an elderly population for interaction with floor projection displays. One interface uses both feet position to control a cursor and feet distance to trigger activation. In the alternative interface, the cursor is controlled by forearm ray casting into the projection floor and interaction is activated by hand pose. These modes of interaction were tested with 19 elderly participants in a point-and-click and a drag-and-drop task using a between-subjects experimental design. The usability, perceived workload and performance indicators were measured for each interface. Results show a clear preference towards the feet-controlled interface and a marginally better performance for this method. The results from the study served as a guide to the design of a cardiorespiratory fitness exergame for the elderly. The game “Grape Stomping” uses ground projection and mapping to display real-size winery elements. These virtual elements are used to simulate, in a playful way, the process of grape maceration through repeated stomping. A playtest session with nine elderly users was completed and its insights are presented in addition to the description of the game.

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Acknowledgment

The authors thank Funchal’s Santo António municipal gymnasium for their cooperation, Teresa Paulino for the development of the experimental tasks, Fábio Pereira for his help during the data collection process, and Diogo Freitas and John Sousa for their contributions in the development of the first prototype of “Grape Stomping”.

This work was supported by the Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia through the AHA project (CMUPERI/HCI/0046/2013) and LARSyS – UID/EEA/50009/2013.

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  1. Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute, Funchal, Portugal

    Afonso Gonçalves, Mónica Cameirão, John E. Muñoz, Élvio Gouveia & Sergi Bermudez i Badia

  2. Faculdade de Ciências Exatas e da Engenharia, Universidade da Madeira, Funchal, Portugal

    Afonso Gonçalves, Filipa Nóbrega, Mónica Cameirão, John E. Muñoz & Sergi Bermudez i Badia

  3. Faculdade de Ciências Sociais, Universidade da Madeira, Funchal, Portugal

    Élvio Gouveia

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Afonso Gonçalves designed and carried out the floor projection interaction study, designed the “Grape Stomping” game and wrote the paper. Filipa Nóbrega developed the game and contributed to the writing of the paper. Mónica Cameirão supervised the study, contributed to the game design and writing of the paper. John Muñoz, Élvio Gouveia and Sergi Bermudez i Badia contributed to the game design and writing of the paper.

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Gonçalves, A., Nóbrega, F., Cameirão, M., Muñoz, J.E., Gouveia, É., Bermudez i Badia, S. (2019). From Body Tracking Interaction in Floor Projection Displays to Elderly Cardiorespiratory Training Through Exergaming. In: Holzinger, A., Pope, A., Plácido da Silva, H. (eds) Physiological Computing Systems. PhyCS PhyCS PhyCS 2016 2017 2018. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 10057. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-27950-9_4

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