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鈥淰irtual reality gaming is increasingly popular and, as health researchers, we wanted to find out how we could best use VR gaming to increase people鈥檚 physical activity,鈥� explained of the 果冻影院 Institute of Health Informatics, who first came up with the idea for this聽new paper which was published last week.

The study, published in the , uses existing online reviews of VR 鈥渆xergames鈥� to identify what features make a game popular and get users to engage in physical activity. Players have a wide variety of expectations, preferences and gaming experiences. They preferred realistic VR games (for example, those that closely simulate real-world sport), games that are intuitive to play, and games that provide gradual increases in skill acquisition. Players said they reached a high level of exertion when playing and that the immersion in the game distracts them from the intensity of the exercise.

The study was led by Nu拧a Fari膷, who is currently studying for her PhD at the Institute of Health Informatics, as part of the v-Engage project (@vEngage_Study on Twitter) designing a VR exercise game, led by Dr Abi Fisher in the 果冻影院 Research Department of Behavioural Science and Health.

To read the full paper visit the .

The paper's full citation is:聽聽Fari膷 N, Potts HWW, Hon A, Smith L, Newby K, Steptoe A, Fisher A (2019). What do players of virtual reality exercise games want: Thematic analysis of web-based reviews. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 21(9), e13833. doi: 10.2196/13833