Exergame-project doing co-operation with MoFun @Heureka

The Finnish Science Center Heureka has put up MoFun Circus installation. Exergame-project does co-operation with MoFun team by providing user study method and analyzing user survey. First survey was done on 25. - 26. October 2006. 60 persons (9-14 years of age) answered the survey. The results were very promising. Most of the respondents liked Circus game a lot and though of it as a sort of a sport. For most of the respondents, playing a game by movement, playing a game together with friends and surprisement were the best things in the game. Youngest children considered the game to be a bit too difficult and that it demands a large space which would make it impossible to play at home.

We will continue the user studies and also consider what type of sport Circus game could be? Would it fit to health promotion in some way? Could it be used to study children's joint action and taking roles? More detailed results will be ready at the end of 2006.