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An outdoor sports game. Meytal Abo, Boris Grinberg, Efrat Golan, Aviad Chen. The Need. Interest in Physical Exercise among Teenagers. The Solution. An outdoor sports game that combines Social Network with Physical Exercise
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An outdoor sports game Meytal Abo, Boris Grinberg, Efrat Golan, Aviad Chen
The Need • Interest in Physical Exercise among Teenagers
The Solution • An outdoor sports game that combines Social Network with Physical Exercise • Encourages social activities by invoking interest among teenagers • The users: Ages 10-15
The Game • OlympiCool is an application designed for social networks • In the virtual world the user nurtures the avatar he created and competes in Olympicoolgames • In the real world the user exercises at the fitness facilities • Physical and Social aspects
Technical Flow • Tools & Phone – the user plugs-in the phone to the tool\activity and starts to play • Accelerometer – measures user activity = score • Network - updates the user’s score in the social network
Technological Challenges • A cell phone avatar which acts exactly as the user exercises • Sensor - phone - Internet integration
Related Works • Fun interactive games • Tracking activities using sensors • Sports Communities