moBeat: Using interactive music to guide and motivate users during aerobic exercising

Bram van der Vlist, Christoph Bartneck, Sebastian Mäueler, Bram van der Vlist, Christoph Bartneck, Sebastian Mäueler

Abstract

An increasing number of people are having trouble staying fit and maintaining a healthy bodyweight because of lack of physical activity. Getting people to exercise is crucial. However, many struggle with developing healthy exercising habits, due to hurdles like having to leave the house and the boring character of endurance exercising. In this paper, we report on a design project that explores the use of audio to motivate and provide feedback and guidance during exercising in a home environment. We developed moBeat, a system that provides intensity-based coaching while exercising, giving real-time feedback on training pace and intensity by means of interactive music. We conducted a within-subject comparison between our moBeat system and a commercially available heart rate watch. With moBeat, we achieved a comparable success rate: our system has a significant, positive influence on intrinsic motivation and attentional focus, but we did not see significant differences with regard to either perceived exertion or effectiveness. Although promising, future research is needed.

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Schematic overview of the system hardware
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The position of the sensors on the bike
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Overview of the software running on the PC
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One of the participants exercising during a test sessions
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Graph displaying mean values for compliance
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Graph showing the mean values for perceived exertion
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Graph showing the mean values of questionnaire scores for IMI and AFQ

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