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

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-31037-9_5

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 language	English
Title of host publication	Persuasive Technology
Subtitle of host publication	Design for Health and Safety - 7th International Conference, PERSUASIVE 2012, Proceedings
Pages	55-66
Number of pages	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31037-9_5
Publication status	Published - 2012
Event	7th International Conference on Persuasive Technology, PERSUASIVE 2012 - Linkoping, Sweden Duration: 6 Jun 2012 → 8 Jun 2012

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	7284 LNCS
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

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Conference	7th International Conference on Persuasive Technology, PERSUASIVE 2012
Country/Territory	Sweden
City	Linkoping
Period	6/06/12 → 8/06/12

Keywords

exercise
exergaming
moderate-intensity physical activity
persuasive technology
smartphone game

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Zwinderman, M. J., Shirzad, A., Ma, X., Bajracharya, P., Sandberg, H., & Kaptein, M. C. (2012). Phone row: A smartphone game designed to persuade people to engage in moderate-intensity physical activity. In Persuasive Technology: Design for Health and Safety - 7th International Conference, PERSUASIVE 2012, Proceedings (pp. 55-66). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 7284 LNCS). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31037-9_5

Zwinderman, Matthijs Jan ; Shirzad, Azadeh ; Ma, Xinyu et al. / Phone row : A smartphone game designed to persuade people to engage in moderate-intensity physical activity. Persuasive Technology: Design for Health and Safety - 7th International Conference, PERSUASIVE 2012, Proceedings. 2012. pp. 55-66 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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