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A Systematic Literature Review of Extended Reality Exercise Games for the Elderly

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Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (BIOSTEC 2022)

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In recent years, with the rise of the ageing population worldwide, the health of the elderly has attracted increasing attention. This study explored existing extended reality (XR) game applications aiming at physical exercise for the elderly. Through the review of 1847 papers from the Scopus database, 17 articles were included. Based on these papers, we explored the existing contributions of exercise XR games for the elderly, the development opportunities and challenges of such games, and their special considerations in adapting to the characteristics and requirements of the target user. The results were organized into several perspectives: publication information and keywords, immersive technologies and game concepts, teamwork and social games, evaluation, opportunities and challenges, and adapting designs. We found the elderly interested in and accepted using XR games. The reported research results proved positive effects on such games’ physical and mental health. XR exercise games for the elderly should considerately adapt to the elder’s cognition, behaviour, and demand. Although problems existed, such as simulator sickness, safety risks, device problems, and cost, there were opportunities and space for research and future developments. Researchers and developers could refer to this paper for XR exercise games for the elderly and create or enhance future XR applications by learning from existing work.

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This research was funded partly by the Knowledge Foundation, Sweden, through the Human-Centered Intelligent Realities (HINTS) Profile Project (contract 20220068).

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Fu, Y., Hu, Y., Sundstedt, V., Forsell, Y. (2023). A Systematic Literature Review of Extended Reality Exercise Games for the Elderly. In: Roque, A.C.A., et al. Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies. BIOSTEC 2022. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1814. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-38854-5_17

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