VRFit: an interactive dashboard for visualising of virtual reality exercise and daily step data

PubDate: December 2018

Teams: University of Sydney

Writers: Soojeong Yoo；Phillip Gough；Judy Kay

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Abstract

It is difficult for people to understand how much exercise they get when their activity is sensed from multiple devices. This may include incidental steps accumulated throughout the day as well as other activities, such as playing games in virtual reality (VR). To address this we designed VRFit, an interactive dashboard which shows exercise levels at-a-glance based on three data sources: Heart-rate, body movement, and step data from incidental walking. VRFit has been designed as a pleasing ambient display that enables people to see their long-term physical activity data from the multiple sensors. We built visualisations from data collected from 11 people over 8 weeks. We show how VRFit provides an overview of the relative contributions of their exercise from both walking in daily life and playing VR games. Our core contribution is the exploration of how to harness multiple sources sensor data to build visual feedback to user which toward the see their long-term physical activity user models with aesthetic user interfaces that support review of physical activity data from activity trackers and VR games.