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Kinect Wins Top International Exergaming Award

Brett — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 04:54:25 +0000

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 commercial grade Exergaming solutions available world wide and to honour the key pioneering manufacturers in this exciting health and fitness genre” says Brett Young, founding member of The Exergame Network and CEO of Exergaming Australia.

The full results of The Exergame Network Awards 2010 are as follows;
- Best Children’s Exergame – WINNER: Dance Dance Revolution Disney Grooves by Konami
- Best Physical Education Exergame – WINNER: Gamercize Pro-Sport for Wii
- Best Seniors Exergame – WINNER: Nintendo Wii Sports Bowling
- Best Accessibility Exergame – WINNER: Nintendo Wii Sports
- Best Home Dance Exergame – WINNER: Konami DDR
- Best Commercial Grade Dance Exergame – WINNER: Positive Gaming iDANCE2
- Best Exergame Fitness Avatar – WINNER: Wii Yoga
- Best Rehabilitation Exergame – WINNER: Nintendo Wii Fit and Wii Fit Plus
- Best Group Exergame – WINNER: Positive Gaming iDANCE2
- Best Gateway Exergame – WINNER: Nintendo Wii Sports
- Best Competition Exergame – WINNER: Gamercize Pro-Sport for Xbox 360
- Best Brain Exergame – WINNER: NeuroActive BrainBike
- Best Music in an Exergame – WINNER: Positive Gaming iDANCE2
- Best Commercial Exergame 2010 – WINNER: Positive Gaming iDANCE2
- Best Home Exergame 2010 – WINNER: Microsoft Kinect Sports

”The first ever TEN Awards is a great step in helping both consumers and healthcare professionals know where to start when trying to select (or recommend) an exergame for their particular need. The voting was from a wide array of exergaming enthusiasts from around the globe. I believe this is a great start and hope that this will encourage game developers and exergaming manufacturers to continue to produce great products and raise the field of exergaming” says Dr. Ernie Medina, Jr., DrPH, founding member of The Exergame Network, CEO of MedPlay Technologies, and the “Exergaming Evangelist/Interventionist”.

The full nominations and results are available on The Exergame Network website at http://www.exergamenetwork.org/ and an analysis of the voting data will be provided later this year through TEN member and Co-Director of the USF Active Gaming Labs, Dr Lisa Hansen. The Exergame Network can be joined or contacted via LinkedIn, Facebook, Wiki, Twitter or by email at info@exergamenetwork.org

Games for Health Conference Boston 2010

Brett — Wed, 26 May 2010 06:38:31 +0000

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 “Virtual Worlds, Social and Games For Health” and “Games Accessibility” days. This year sees the addition of the Mobile Serious Games Conference too. I found pre-conference day last year was the highlight of the year for me, very social and serious, serious fun!

Two vocal and well respected exergame advocates Stephen Yang and Dr Alasdair Thin (both very active in TEN) presented last year in the pre-conference event – Alasdair, I think we need a new post on your site

The Games for Health conference features some of the finest minds (and friendliest people!) in the research world. Highlights will undoubtedly come from the Exergaming Expo, where TEN supporters Tommy Seilheimer and Exergame Fitness USA will be showing how video games such as iDANCE and Gamercize make exercise fun.

The lineup for the two day conference is split into tracks so there are no clashes for your presentation enjoyment, with speakers strongly represented from The Exergame Network. On the final day, TEN advocate and expert researcher Dr Lisa Witherspoon Hansen, kicks off the day with a presentation on new ways to integrate active gaming (Exergaming) into the classroom. We’ve seen successful PE implementation from Lisa before, so don’t miss this, it’s cutting edge stuff!

We have fellow TEN expert Dr. Liz Lyons, looking at the how exergames affect players effort and exertion, so expect to see some great insights from the games savvy Liz, in her second year of presenting at G4H. A slight change of track will let you attend TEN advocate Dr Sheryl Flynn, where Games for rehabilitation is the subject. Sheryl was recently voted Researcher of the month by the Foundation for Physical Therapy and for Physical Therapy of the American Physical Therapy Association. Sheryl has outstanding knowledge in this cutting edge application of Games for health.

To round off the day we have once again Alasdair, Lisa and Stephen, with the former duo getting into some serious theorizing for Exergaming and play. Who better to round off the day than Stephen, who is bringing us more results from his famous Exergame Lab! There is also a rumor going around that TEN tee-shirts will be available, but for the original and best Chief of all Exergaming Evangelists, and TEN supporter, go find Dr Ernie Medina in the Exergaming Tent. Here he is, giving his take on 08!

Hyatt Harborside Hotel, Boston, MA. If you haven’t been to this conference before, now in it’s 6th year, you should Register Here. I hear that there is also a promo code, I’m not sure if I am allowed to share this, so jump on quick before it’s changed for a 10% discount using BOS10 – that’s the letters BOS and number TEN.

Exergaming Fitness Australia (EFA) is also represented by our USA partners who are hosting the Exergaming demo area. Thanks to the hard work of Tommy and Ed from EF USA, we are able to tune into the event with leave streaming and recorded sessions at: http://ustre.am/4eFt

Exergaming Explained.

Brett — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:50:15 +0000

Interactive Fitness and Exergaming

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