BitRun: Gamification of Health Data from Fitbit® Activity Trackers

Rachel Gawley; Carley Morrow; Herman Chan; Richard Lindsay

Internet of Things Technologies for HealthCare. Third International Conference, HealthyIoT 2016, Västerås, Sweden, October 18-19, 2016, Revised Selected Papers

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BitRun: Gamification of Health Data from Fitbit® Activity Trackers

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@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-319-51234-1_12,
    author={Rachel Gawley and Carley Morrow and Herman Chan and Richard Lindsay},
    title={BitRun: Gamification of Health Data from Fitbit® Activity Trackers},
    proceedings={Internet of Things Technologies for HealthCare. Third International Conference, HealthyIoT 2016, V\aa{}ster\ae{}s, Sweden, October 18-19, 2016, Revised Selected Papers},
    proceedings_a={HEALTHYIOT},
    year={2017},
    month={1},
    keywords={Wearables Gamification Activity trackers Fitbit® Quantified self Games mHealth},
    doi={10.1007/978-3-319-51234-1_12}
}

Rachel Gawley
Carley Morrow
Herman Chan
Richard Lindsay
Year: 2017
BitRun: Gamification of Health Data from Fitbit® Activity Trackers
HEALTHYIOT
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-51234-1_12

Rachel Gawley¹^,*, Carley Morrow¹^,*, Herman Chan¹^,*, Richard Lindsay¹^,*

1: AppAttic Ltd.

*Contact email: rachel@appattic.co.uk, carley@appattic.co.uk, herman@appattic.co.uk, richard@appattic.co.uk

Abstract

This paper presents a mobile game, BitRun that is designed to interact with Fitbit® data in the generation of the game terrain of an endless runner mobile app. By authorizing the game to interact with their Fitbit® data, a user experiences unique and personalized gameplay based on their daily activity. The aim is to use real-game mechanics to encourage users to stay engaged with their activity trackers and subsequently create positive behavior change by rewarding the user in the game for an increase their activity.

Keywords: Wearables Gamification Activity trackers Fitbit® Quantified self Games mHealth

Published: 2017-01-20
Appears in: SpringerLink

: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51234-1_12