The purpose of this project was to find, document, and review mobile fitness games from the Android and iTunes marketplace, with a focus on those that encourage physical exercise. Using a variety of marketplaces and web searches, we, among a group of recruited and willing participants under study, played and reviewed Android and iPhone games that featured movement as an integral part of the game. We reported how effective the game is for fitness, and how engaging the content is for players. We provided reviews that can be used by: 1) Individuals seeking an enjoyable method of achieving a certain level of fitness, and 2) Game developers hoping to produce a compelling mobile fitness game of their own.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Massa, Nicholas Benjamin
• Jackman, James Deane
• Carli-Dorsey, Alex L.

Subject

• Health
• Well-Being
• Computing

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-013015-192230

Keyword

• Public health
• Mobile apps
• Human-computer interaction

Advisor

• Tulu, Bengisu
• Agu, Emmanuel O.

Year

• 2015

Date created

• 2015-01-30

Location

• Worcester

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright