Gaming The Healthy Way: Global Fitness Gaming With The Wii Console
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Nintendo, fitness, motion, virtual reality, wiiAbstract
Over the past decade there has been a substantial revolution in the gaming industry. Add the word ―motion‖, and you are all set. This seems to be the age of motion gaming where you want to be part of the real action and not some bystander using the same old mouse pad, keypad or joystick to express your desires. The Wii console from Nintendo is the world‘s largest motion games player. This is due to the fact that it was the first to jump the bandwagon of true to life motion gaming. This paper focuses on the Wii ,however for another reason. as a tool to implementing fitness training using the console‘s capabilities.
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