Pilot study of a kinect-based video game to improve physical therapy treatment
Abstract
Burnie is an exergame being developed at Purdue University and is used in this study. Burnie was developed using the Unity3D engine and OpenNI to interface with the Xbox Kinect. This study looked at how gesture intensity affected perceived enjoyment and perceived fatigue of the game. The results of the study could not reject the null hypothesis. Gesture intensity does not have a significant relationship to perceived enjoyment and perceived fatigue. This result means that future studies can alter the gesture intensity of the game Burnie without adversely affecting the player's enjoyment and fatigue levels.
Degree
M.S.
Advisors
Whittinghill, Purdue University.
Subject Area
Physical therapy|Computer science
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