Congratulations to Dr. Nick Graham (Director, EQUIS Collaborative Gaming Technology Laboratory, Queen’s School of Computing), and Dr. Ryan Rhodes (UVictoria) on their successful application to the Canadian Cancer Society for an Innovation Grant. Their research entitled “Exercise Games and Physical Activity: Does Multi-Player Online Play Improve Adherence?” includes another Queen’s researcher, Dr. Amy Latimer-Cheung of Kinesiology, and from UBC, Drs. Mark Beauchamp and Darren Warburton.
The research team will be examining whether an interactive exergame bike, that can be used to play against others over the Internet, results in greater use and fitness compared to an exergame bike without the online play capability. Children are the primary interest of the study but parents will also take part.