Daily Dosage: Virtual workouts get weirder
Another sweaty Wii Fit workout
Last summer, I tried out Wii Fit at a media event and, as a fitness masochist with a penchant for painful exercise, was suitably bored. If you’ve been too busy with Rock Band and actual workouts to test the game, I’m happy to sum it up. Stand. Move around awkwardly. Receive automated feedback. Wipe single bead of sweat – if you’re lucky – from brow. Eat chips and bask in the glory of thinking you worked out when you actually didn’t.
Now, an even more bizarre way to get pseudo-fit using video games: Ubisoft’s “Your Shape” for the Wii will launch this fall. The game uses a camera to scan players’ bodies, which are then reproduced on-screen and evaluated using various fitness diagnostics. The camera also tracks movements, and an in-game coach gives feedback in real time.
Check out the freaky fitness revolution:
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If the workout itself doesn’t make you sweat, maybe your discomfort with being filmed, having every lump and roll reproduced onscreen, and then being chided by an AI personal trainer will…
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