Kinect Wins Top International Exergaming Award
Microsoft Kinect has been awarded the top accolade by public vote in The Exergame Network Awards 2010. Fifteen categories covered the new generation of Active Video Games with nominations from industry experts and public votes from around the world. In the category for Best Home Exergame of 2010, Microsoft’s Kinect Sports has taken the honours with the majority of the public vote. Nintendo Wii Fit and Sports achieved significant victories in awards for older exergamers and rehabilitation. ”The inaugural TEN Awards is a significant initiative to raise public awareness of the...
read moreTeachers Demand Physical Education Overhaul
The article below was written and released by TEN, a modern day health and fitness global advocacy that is passionate about improving the physical education standards in our schools. This article was released for US consumption but I believe it’s views are just as relevant in Australia. Exergaming Australia is a proud member of...
read moreGroup Fitness for Adults, Kids Everyone!
Group fitness has been around for decades with it being popularized in commercial gyms around 1989 with the introduction of Step Aerobics. Today we can see simple varieties of Group Fitness ranging from traditional step classes to Les Mills “Body” sessions, Fitness Boxing, Pilates, Spin or RPM, to Zumba and outdoor and indoor boot-camps. Group Fitness can utilize a multitude of equipment from bikes, to body-building plates and bars, weighted bags, resistance bands or simply just lots of floor space. Most group activities include music and an instructor or some rhythmic component...
read moreHealth, Fitness and Games: Serious Fun.
The G4H 2010 Boston conference is over and has already been hailed a tremendous success. This is the 6th G4H conference, with this year’s event being split across two main venue areas. The outside area encompassed the specialised “Exergaming Zone” created by our US partner Exegame Fitness USA. The Exergame Zone was incredibly popular plus being integral to demonstrating the physical ‘real world’ incarnations of Exergaming. A contest, ‘One Million Steps’ was instituted to raise money for charity and to energize participants at the conference. The...
read moreGames for Health Conference Boston 2010
Original post by gamercize on 25 May TEN website In Boston this week, the annual Games for Health conference takes place. This is perhaps the premiere event fortheGames4Health fraternity and a time to highlight the solutions offered by Exergaming in the health, fitness, educationand rehabilitation sectors. If you are a member of The Exergame Network’s (TEN) Website, Skype calls, Wiki, LinkedIn or Facebook collaboration groups then here’s a chance to meet outside the virtual world! Talking of Virtual Worlds, the 25th (traditionally known as pre-conference day) has both...
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