Immersive virtual reality health games: a narrative review of game design

G Tao, B Garrett, T Taverner, E Cordingley… - … of NeuroEngineering and …, 2021 - Springer
Background High quality head-mounted display based virtual reality (HMD-VR) has become
widely available, spurring greater development of HMD-VR health games. As a behavior …

Design considerations for immersive virtual reality applications for older adults: a scoping review

K Ijaz, TTM Tran, AB Kocaballi, RA Calvo… - Multimodal …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Immersive virtual reality (iVR) has gained considerable attention recently with increasing
affordability and accessibility of the hardware. iVR applications for older adults present …

Player experience of needs satisfaction (PENS) in an immersive virtual reality exercise platform describes motivation and enjoyment

K Ijaz, N Ahmadpour, Y Wang… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Recent research suggests that virtual reality (VR) games can engage players in physical
activity with high levels of enjoyment. Understanding users' motivation to engage and enjoy …

[HTML][HTML] An immersive virtual reality platform for assessing spatial navigation memory in predementia screening: feasibility and usability study

K Ijaz, N Ahmadpour, SL Naismith, RA Calvo - JMIR mental health, 2019 - mental.jmir.org
Background: Traditional methods for assessing memory are expensive and have high
administrative costs. Memory assessment is important for establishing cognitive impairment …

Born to Run, Programmed to Play: Mapping the Extended Reality Exergames Landscape

S Karaosmanoglu, S Cmentowski, LE Nacke… - Proceedings of the CHI …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Many people struggle to exercise regularly, raising the risk of serious health-related issues.
Extended reality (XR) exergames address these hurdles by combining physical exercises …

VR‐Rides: An object‐oriented application framework for immersive virtual reality exergames

Y Wang, K Ijaz, D Yuan… - Software: Practice and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Exercise can improve health and well‐being. With this in mind, immersive virtual reality (VR)
games are being developed to promote physical activity, and are generally evaluated …

Chronology of self-competition in virtual reality exergames: A historical review

AS Bahrin, MS Sunar, HFM Latip, MN Zamri - Entertainment Computing, 2022 - Elsevier
Competing against others with better performances can demotivate and reduce players'
performances in Virtual Reality (VR) exergames. Due to this concern, previous studies have …

Multidisciplinary iterative design of exergames (MIDE): a framework for supporting the design, development, and evaluation of exergames for health

Y Li, J Muñoz, S Mehrabi, L Middleton, S Cao… - … 2020, Held as Part of the …, 2020 - Springer
Exercise video games (exergames) are increasingly being employed as a complementary
intervention to promote physical activity engagement in response to the need for creating …

Physiological monitoring during augmented reality exercise confirms advantages to health and well-being

MD Wiederhold, M Crisci, V Patel… - … , Behavior, and Social …, 2019 - liebertpub.com
Augmented reality (AR) is a versatile tool that is changing the way we interact with the world.
One way is through exergaming, integrating AR, and gaming with traditional exercise …

Physical activity enjoyment on an immersive VR exergaming platform

K Ijaz, Y Wang, N Ahmadpour… - 2017 IEEE Life Sciences …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Virtual reality (VR) can be combined with exergames technology to provide highly immersive
physical activity experiences. The design of VR exergames, so they are enjoyable and …