SymGym's Physical Video Games Combine Gaming and Strength Training
Rahul Kalvapalle — July 29, 2016 — Tech
SymGym is a Chicago-based startup that is looking to take the idea of physical video games to a completely different level altogether by making use of stair stepper and rowing machine components as gaming components.
The system is designed to be very simple to use. Its biggest advantage is the fact that it can emulate a video game controller in various gaming platforms, ensuring that the system never becomes stale and boring.
The idea of video games being combined with physical exercise is not entirely new, as the likes of Nintendo Wii and Xbox Kinect have shown. However, the SymGym solution takes things as a step further by requiring players to undergo resistance-based strength training in order to improve their gaming performance, thereby allowing them to have fun through a physical video game while improving their fitness and health at the same time.
The system is designed to be very simple to use. Its biggest advantage is the fact that it can emulate a video game controller in various gaming platforms, ensuring that the system never becomes stale and boring.
The idea of video games being combined with physical exercise is not entirely new, as the likes of Nintendo Wii and Xbox Kinect have shown. However, the SymGym solution takes things as a step further by requiring players to undergo resistance-based strength training in order to improve their gaming performance, thereby allowing them to have fun through a physical video game while improving their fitness and health at the same time.
Trend Themes
1. Physical Video Games - Combining video games with physical exercise to create an immersive gaming experience.
2. Resistance-based Training - Incorporating resistance-based strength training into video games to improve fitness while gaming.
3. Gaming Accessories - Using gaming platform components, such as stair steppers and rowing machines, as interactive gaming accessories.
Industry Implications
1. Fitness - Integrating video games into fitness routines to attract and engage a wider audience.
2. Gaming - Innovating gaming technology by incorporating fitness elements to offer a dynamic and immersive gaming experience.
3. Healthcare - Utilizing physical video games as a form of rehabilitation and physical therapy for patients.
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