Phone row: A smartphone game designed to persuade people to engage in moderate-intensity physical activity

Matthijs Jan Zwinderman, Azadeh Shirzad, Xinyu Ma, Prina Bajracharya, Hans Sandberg, Maurits Clemens Kaptein

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Abstract

Few people reach the recommended levels of moderate-intensity physical activity (MIPA). This study examines whether persuasive technology, in the form of a smartphone game, can help people engage more in MIPA. A smartphone boat racing game was developed that requires users to make rowing movements and therefore engage in MIPA to play it successfully. With these rowing movements, users can control the movement of a virtual boat across a virtual track on an external screen. Users were fond of the concept of the game. However, a sub-optimal implementation resulted in users not wanting to replay the game and thus not developing a habit involving performance of MIPA. The implementation of the concept was inadequate for testing the hypothesis that a smartphone game can help people engage more in MIPA.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationPersuasive Technology
Subtitle of host publicationDesign for Health and Safety - 7th International Conference, PERSUASIVE 2012, Proceedings
Pages55-66
Number of pages12
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012
Event7th International Conference on Persuasive Technology, PERSUASIVE 2012 - Linkoping, Sweden
Duration: 6 Jun 20128 Jun 2012

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume7284 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference7th International Conference on Persuasive Technology, PERSUASIVE 2012
Country/TerritorySweden
CityLinkoping
Period6/06/128/06/12

Keywords

  • exercise
  • exergaming
  • moderate-intensity physical activity
  • persuasive technology
  • smartphone game

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