Introduction The development and use of serious games for mental health disorders are on
the rise. Yet, little is known about the impact of these games on clinical mental health …

Objective The goal of this contribution is to gather and to critically analyze recent evidence
regarding the potential of exergaming for Parkinson's disease (PD) rehabilitation and to …

Background Physical activity helps people maintain a healthy weight and reduces the risk
for several chronic diseases. Although this knowledge is widely recognized, adults and …

In-air interaction acts as a key enabler for ambient intelligence and augmented reality. As an
increasing popular example, exergames, and the alike gesture recognition applications …

Human–computer integration is an HCI trend in which computational machines can have
agency, ie, take control. Our work focuses on a particular form of integration in which the …

Internet of things has been one of the predominant research areas for the past two decades.
Many application domains have embraced it to solve challenges that have long been …

Personalization and adaptivity can promote motivated usage, increased user acceptance,
and user identification in serious games. This applies to heterogeneous user groups in …

Recent research suggests that virtual reality (VR) games can engage players in physical
activity with high levels of enjoyment. Understanding users' motivation to engage and enjoy …

It has been extensively argued that individualizing a serious game to the characteristics of its
players is a major contributing factor to its effectiveness. To realize this individualization, the …

Gamification represents an effective way to incentivize user behavior across a number of
computing applications. However, despite the fact that physical activity is essential for a …