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2020 » Papers » Volume 3 » A platform to promote a more active lifestyle between students 1. A PLATFORM TO PROMOTE A MORE ACTIVE LIFESTYLE BETWEEN STUDENTS Authors: Awada Imad-Alex, Mocanu Irina Volume 3 | DOI: 10.12753/2066-026X-20-217 | Pages: 355-362 | Download PDF | Abstract
Due to the current lifestyle, people in general and adolescents in particular are not physically active enough which put at risk their health. Immediate actions are needed to promote a more active lifestyle.
This paper introduces a platform that aims to encourage students to have a more active life. The platform suggests for each user to perform specific physical activities/exercises based on the physical activities that the user had during the day, the duration of the sleep and his/her profile (preferences, performance history) as well as some health parameters (heart rate, blood pressure, weight). All these tasks are realized through a game with an avatar that is controlled by the user by physical exercises (e.g. the avatar is placed in an environment and he/she must collect different objects by jumping, running). The exercises performed by the user are acquired using an RGB camera. Images are processed and the skeleton of the user is obtained using the OpenPose library. To increase motivation, the platform gives different rewards (e.g. more points) for executing physical tasks and suggests some collective physical activities based on the profile of each user.
The platform is multilingual, it supports Romanian and English language, with the possibility to extend it to other languages. The platform integrates a multimodal interface that enables the users to interact through voice and touch-based commands as well as touch-free gestures.
During the execution of a physical exercise, the platform tracks the performance of the user. The platform sends visual and phonetic notifications to the users' phones to suggest some the execution of some physical activities/exercises. | Keywords
Physical Exercises, Gamification, Multimodal Interface, Healthy Lifestyle |
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