aweirdguy
05-25-2004, 03:02 AM
YourselfFitness, a video game under development for Microsoft's Xbox, aims to help people lose pounds by playing the game.
The new title, aimed at women, features a computer-generated personal trainer who guides users through a customized set of exercises and diets.
Players must reach certain goals to advance to the next level. The program creates a fitness plan for each person based on height, weight and other characteristics.
The game's virtual coach, Maya, then guides users through a subset of 600 possible exercises, congratulating and encouraging them when they achieve their goals.
The creators of YourselfFitness at ResponDesign, a game developer based in Portland, Ore, think their $49 title is a natural successor to exercise videos and DVDs, which continue to sell more than 30 million units a year, the company's co-founder, Ted Spooner, said:
"This is the next evolution in the fitness video industry"
After the game's release this fall, the company expects to make a Sony PlayStation 2 version available at the end of the year, and to sell an Xbox Live version in 2005 that will let participants use a wireless headset to talk to one another during the game.
http://www.xboxusersgroup.com/ (http://www.xboxusersgroup.com/showarticle.php?threadid=25528)
another article on the same game:
http://www.nytimes.com/ (http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/24/technology/24game.html?ex=1086148800&en=b4375bb6f8a276f4&ei=5006&partner=ALTAVISTA1)
The new title, aimed at women, features a computer-generated personal trainer who guides users through a customized set of exercises and diets.
Players must reach certain goals to advance to the next level. The program creates a fitness plan for each person based on height, weight and other characteristics.
The game's virtual coach, Maya, then guides users through a subset of 600 possible exercises, congratulating and encouraging them when they achieve their goals.
The creators of YourselfFitness at ResponDesign, a game developer based in Portland, Ore, think their $49 title is a natural successor to exercise videos and DVDs, which continue to sell more than 30 million units a year, the company's co-founder, Ted Spooner, said:
"This is the next evolution in the fitness video industry"
After the game's release this fall, the company expects to make a Sony PlayStation 2 version available at the end of the year, and to sell an Xbox Live version in 2005 that will let participants use a wireless headset to talk to one another during the game.
http://www.xboxusersgroup.com/ (http://www.xboxusersgroup.com/showarticle.php?threadid=25528)
another article on the same game:
http://www.nytimes.com/ (http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/24/technology/24game.html?ex=1086148800&en=b4375bb6f8a276f4&ei=5006&partner=ALTAVISTA1)