Ugosta: Virtual Stamp Rally System
Shoji Mizobuchi · IEEJ Transactions on Electronics Information and Systems · 2019
This paper proposes a virtual stamp rally system called Ugosta, and also describes the actual achievements of its prototype. A virtual stamp rally is an activity that the avatar of a player visits several places in a virtual world and collect the imprints of stamps placed there. Ugosta is a system that provides an environment where a user plays a virtual stamp rally seeing scenery images of various points on the earth in conjunction with the operation of an exercise equipment such as an exercise bike or a treadmill. It is currently being developed in order to promote adherence of exercise that uses such an equipment. In this kind of exercise, some users feel not only sense of accomplishment, but also sense of boredom. Ugosta uses a virtual stamp rally to increase sense of accomplishment, and uses scenery images to decrease sense of boredom. The prototype of the system has been displayed in a lot of exhibitions and actual scenes, and the favorable reviews for it has been gotten from many participants.