{"title":"Measuring physical exertion in virtual reality exercise games","authors":"Nikesh Mishra, Eelke Folmer","doi":"10.1145/3281505.3281611","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"We demonstrate a novel method of applying the capabilities of mobile virtual reality technology to the health sciences by measuring physical exertion in a VR exercise game. By measuring changes in heart rate in a thirteen person user study, we find evidence to suggest that virtual reality exercise is able to induce a moderate to high level of physical exertion and produce an immersive an intriguing experience.","PeriodicalId":138249,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 24th ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2018-11-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"3","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Proceedings of the 24th ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3281505.3281611","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
We demonstrate a novel method of applying the capabilities of mobile virtual reality technology to the health sciences by measuring physical exertion in a VR exercise game. By measuring changes in heart rate in a thirteen person user study, we find evidence to suggest that virtual reality exercise is able to induce a moderate to high level of physical exertion and produce an immersive an intriguing experience.