The experience of playing an exercise game with a self-similar avatar
13 October 2017
We are interested in whether playing with an avatar that is similar to the player can help encourage people to eat and exercise more healthily. This interview study involves talking about video games, health behaviour and body image and playing an Xbox One Kinect game.
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Ethical approval
This study has been approved by the MMU Ethics Committee and is supervised by experienced academic.
About the researcher
I am a PhD student investigating how video game avatars influence peoples behaviours. I am interested in whether playing with an avatar that is similar to the player can help encourage people to eat and exercise more healthily.
