@inproceedings{c278a45a8e1c4dc29d53bb5b6034a539,
title = "VI-Tennis: A vibrotactile/audio exergame for players who are visually impaired",
abstract = "Lack of physical activity is a serious health concern for individuals who are visually impaired as they have fewer opportunities and incentives to engage in physical activities that provide the amounts and kinds of stimulation sufficient to maintain adequate fitness and to support a healthy standard of living. Exergames are video games that use physical activity as input and which have the potential to change sedentary lifestyles and associated health problems such as obesity. We identify that exergames have a number properties that could overcome the barriers to physical activity that individuals with visual impairments face. However, ex-ergames rely upon being able to perceive visual cues that indicate to the player what input to provide. This paper presents VI Tennis, a modified version of a popular motion sensing exergame that explores the use of vibrotactile and audio cues. The effectiveness of providing multimodal (tactile/audio) versus unimodal (audio) cues was evaluated with a user study with 13 children who are blind. Children achieved moderate to vigorous levels of physical activity-the amount required to yield health benefits. No significant difference in active energy expenditure was found between both versions, though children scored significantly better with the tactile/audio version and also enjoyed playing this version more, which emphasizes the potential of tactile/audio feedback for engaging players for longer periods of time.",
keywords = "Audio, Exergames, Health, Tactile, Visually impaired",
author = "Tony Morelli and John Foley and Luis Columna and Lauren Lieberman and Eelke Folmer",
year = "2010",
doi = "10.1145/1822348.1822368",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9781605589374",
series = "FDG 2010 - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games",
pages = "147--154",
booktitle = "FDG 2010 - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games",
note = "5th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games, FDG 2010 ; Conference date: 19-06-2010 Through 21-06-2010",
}