Eco-Cam Recycling #Exergaming With a Twist

Committing to sustainability and environmental healthy practices is an important component of wellness and this installation called Eco-Cam certainly could help to promote environmental health. Using a vending machine type installation WondermanBA created an installation that required people to twist water bottles in front of a camera. The camera records your act of eco-kindness and posts it to social media to prove that flexing your muscles can be fun and earth-friendly.

Via Bonaqua and Adeevee

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GranataPet #SnackBall iBeacon #Exegaming For Dogs

GranataPet #SnackBall is an interesting project from the pet food company that aims to keep dogs healthy in the park with their new "fitness ecosystem" AKA - a healthy and active lifestyle. By tweeting out a message with #SnackBall hashtag, the machine launches a ball away from the main unit, if the dog returns the ball fast enough, it gets a snack released from the machine. Along with the dog's size, the speed of the ball return and distance was calculated using an Arduino (insterted into a tennis ball) and iBeacon technology. If the return was too slow, no food will be dispensed and your best friend just might not be that happy to be in the park.


Although SnackBall is not to be confused with their earlier SnackCheck (2011) project which incorporated FourSquare - which used the slogan "Check in, Snack Out"

Exergaming Points 2 Ponder (ExP2P)

• Using a camera to estimate the size of the dog, the timer is set to as to how long it should take for it to return the ball. I guess as in humans, using size to approximate level of fitness might not always yield positive results and correlations.
• I wonder if there is a limit of how many times an owner can use the SnackBall machine. I suppose even if a dog kept getting snacks, eventually it would both tire physically and slow down because of all the extra food they've eaten.
• For humans, how do we balance the extrinsic rewards that are given for a task with helping our clients, team, students develop intrinsic motivation and prolonged positive behaviors and/or changes.

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Challenge Your #FutbolNow Skills on Pepsi #Exergaming Vending Machine

Challenge your own footie skills with this #exergaming Kinect installation in time for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Available in only 20 locations worldwide, if you are able to match the skills and get enough points in 30 seconds, you can earn a Pepsi.

Exergaming Points 2 Ponder

• With many of these games, having a certain competency level prior to playing will translate to better in-game success, but if you are not as high-skilled or have low fitness levels, playing exergames (fitness video games) can be a frustrating experience. 
• If we are trying to build perceived competence, autonomy and relatedness - we need to ensure there are ways and game play mechanics that support these Self-Determination Theory principles.

Via Digital Buzz & PR Newswire
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The interactive vending machine allows customers to show off their soccer skills utilizing Microsoft Kinect technology, with no purchase necessary. Users can create an avatar with their name and begin earning points immediately. Throughout the interactive experience, fans are encouraged to keep the virtual football in the air for 30-seconds as they move through a series of skills challenges. Advanced players can earn bonus time and compete for "Hall of Fame" recognition at each location.

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KPT Smileball: Smile Controlled Pinball Machine and App

Games have a way of making you smile, and in the case of the KPT Smileball exhibit arcade machine, it doubles as the way in which you play the pinball game. From this installation, they also developed a desktop app and free mobile apps for Android & iOS. Based on their experiences and reactions, KPT was able to create a Happiness Campaign in Switzerland. I think we could all use a little more happiness in our days. Try it out and let me know if you felt better after. (Thanks to DigitalBuzz for the tip.)

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Nike House of Deadly: Stadium #Exergame Installation

Playing football (soccer) is hard enough when you're playing against humans, and now with this Nike House of Deadly stadium installation, you get to learn what its like to face a computer in a virtually immersive #exergaming environment. BBH Asia Pacific created the a virtual- meets- physical football game for a single player to launch the NIKE Hypervenom football boot in Asia.

Using software from Arstic and infrared cameras to detect ball and player movements, a customized experience was developed to have players avoid the lights shining down on the surface of the mini-pitch and shoot at periodically flashing targets on the side walls. Would you like to try this #exergame installation for yourself, your soccer team, or PE class?

Via Digital Buzz

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