EXERGAMING thesis by Heidi Karjalainen

VTT's EXERGAME-project is co-operating with Kemi-Tornio AMKK (polytechnic). Student Heidi Karjalainen is doing her thesis on exergaming there. She focuses on current game interfaces that enable physical control of the game. The most well known game interfaces to date are EyeToy web camera and dance pad (e.g. Dance Dance Revolution).

Heidi Karjalainen does group interviews and online surveys about children's interest towards physical game play. She also discusses about the notion of exergaming. Do people consider it to be a physical sport activity? What ways there are to combine digital games with physical exercise? What's the main target group for exergames?

You may follow Heidi's work at: http://koti.mbnet.fi/hhalttu/paattis/exergaming.htm (in Finnish!)