TY - GEN
T1 - Astrojumper
T2 - 28th Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2010
AU - Finkelstein, Samantha
AU - Nickel, Andrea
AU - Barnes, Tiffany
AU - Suma, Evan A.
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Children with autism have shown substantial benefits from rigorous physical activity, however, it is often difficult to motivate these children to exercise due to their usually sedentary lifestyles. To address the problem of motivation, we have developed Astrojumper, a stereoscopic virtual reality exergame which was designed to fit the needs of children with autism. We use electromagnetic trackers and a 3-sided CAVE to present virtual space-themed stimuli to the user, who must use physical movements to avoid collisions and gain points. We can use Astrojumper not only to motivate exercise, but to evaluate the different ways people with and without autism interact with an exercise tool. Preliminary playtesting of Astrojumper has been positive, and we plan to run an extensive evaluation assessing the effectiveness of this system on children with and without autism.
AB - Children with autism have shown substantial benefits from rigorous physical activity, however, it is often difficult to motivate these children to exercise due to their usually sedentary lifestyles. To address the problem of motivation, we have developed Astrojumper, a stereoscopic virtual reality exergame which was designed to fit the needs of children with autism. We use electromagnetic trackers and a 3-sided CAVE to present virtual space-themed stimuli to the user, who must use physical movements to avoid collisions and gain points. We can use Astrojumper not only to motivate exercise, but to evaluate the different ways people with and without autism interact with an exercise tool. Preliminary playtesting of Astrojumper has been positive, and we plan to run an extensive evaluation assessing the effectiveness of this system on children with and without autism.
KW - Autism
KW - Exergames
KW - Virtual reality
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U2 - 10.1145/1753846.1754124
DO - 10.1145/1753846.1754124
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:77953117739
SN - 9781605589312
T3 - Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings
SP - 4189
EP - 4194
BT - CHI 2010 - The 28th Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Conference Proceedings and Extended Abstracts
Y2 - 10 April 2010 through 15 April 2010
ER -