Title
Jogging in a virtual city
Abstract
In our research, we explore the possibilities for combining digital 3D city representation with a wellness application, and introduce our demo that aims to make running in a gym more inspiring and motivating. We present a prototype, where the running exercise on a treadmill is converted to a distance on the local city map, and visualized in a 3D mirror world presentation of the city. The user leaves a personalized tag on the spot reached, and in addition to his achievement, is able to see the performance of other runners on the streets of the virtual world. We evaluated the system in the gym, where 32 people tried out the prototype. The application was perceived entertaining and interesting, and especially the ability to compare the results with earlier runners was perceived motivating.
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.1145/2541831.2541881
MUM
Keywords
Field
DocType
virtual world,personalized tag,mirror world presentation,earlier runner,wellness application,virtual city,city representation,local city map,sports,virtual worlds
Metaverse,Computer science,Human–computer interaction,Multimedia,City map
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
2
0.38
4
Authors
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Jonna Häkkilä1893103.11
Leena Ventä-Olkkonen210512.96
Henglin Shi320.38
Ville Karvonen420.38
Yun He520.38
Mikko Häyrynen620.38