https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11042-011-0985-9
In a research study written by Kuei-Fang Hsiao tells us about students’ physical fitness problem in Taiwan. He explains that due to the growing volume of high-tech entertainment and public transport being commonly available throughout the day has made it so that the young people’s general health is deteriorating. Their idéas revolve around using cameras and tracking the students movements to match up with a screen in order to exercise. An example would be the stepping interfaces which has virtual stairs appear on a projector-screen in which the students see themselves from the camera walking up steps of a staircase.
Fort Fitness however does not utilize a camera for its AR-technology, but rather the GPS on a smartphone. A virtual world is contained in Fort Fitness which is linked up to the real world’s coordinates. Like an otherwise normal GPS-app the user will be shown a map and where he/she is on the map. The user is able to place virtual structures in the map in Fort Fitness which are connected to real world coordinates. The GPS is useful as we can use it track distance walked/jogged/run in conjunction with the smartphone’s pedometer, as well as use it for gamifying purposes.
• Edvin Gammelsæter
The Fort Fitness Blog 