Tom Söderlund, CEO of Zyked, sent me a note about his new startup merging physical fitness and videogames. Currently the company is on the ground floor of testing, with 100 users in alpha, offering “points systems, skill levels, achievement badges and highscore lists” combined with users’ exercise. An open beta is scheduled in coming months.
One exciting aspect of Zyked is its mobile capabilities, allowing a jogger, for example, to enter and receive data through her cell phone while out and about. Advancements in RL physical activities merit advancements in Zyked, resulting in the merging of incentives commonly found in MMOs with activities in meatspace. This is a hot idea, as seen with Weight Watchers Online and the Wii Fit.
September 13, 2008 at 2:38 am |
Fantastic idea, i was overweight a few months ago but started kickboxing and eating correctly, and now the love handles have gone and i`m feeling alot more energetic. I think probably theres alot of macky D eating gamers out there that just sit on there a** playing COD4 all day.
November 9, 2008 at 1:09 pm |
Just need to get COD4 for Wii…lol that would be interesting
November 19, 2008 at 3:13 pm |
Interesting. I doubt if increasing my workout achievements would motivate me, but maybe it will be like gamerscore and will just take off.
August 31, 2009 at 1:53 pm |
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