Mixed Reality Motion Game Thesis (2021)

This is a post that I wanted to make long ago but always forgot or just didn’t.

Sharing the Bachelor’s Thesis I wrote as part of my Computer Science studies at Aalto University (Finland) back in 2021, supervised by Prof. Perttu Hämäläinen.

The intention was to map out existing multiplayer motion game projects utilizing various sized spaces, different screens, tracking technologies and auxiliary equipment. “Motion game” means a computer game featuring physical exertion and is sometimes also called “exergame” or “physical game”.

Official title of the thesis is “Genre analysis of multiplayer motion games utilizing a large high-resolution display”.

You can download the Thesis PDF here.

It’s a bit ambitious for a Bachelor’s Thesis perhaps, but at that point in life I had already been working in industry and studied another full degree and I was deeply interested in the topic, so I went all in.

 

Valo Arena

Image credit: Valo Motion / AVInteractive

Many of the ideas I was studying and compiling in the table of projects are nowadays productized in Valo Arena by the Finnish company Valo Motion. I am a huge fan of the product and have heard it keeps gaining install base across the globe.

 

Exercube

Image is a screenshot from the Exercube GIF at Sphery front page.

Another amazing product & company in the space is Exercube by Sphery.

 

The Table Graphic

I have previously written a complete separate blogpost outlining some of the details of creating this standout graphic summarizing the thesis. The GitHub repository for that post shows the full code and work files: https://github.com/emllnd/data-driven-graphics-in-d3js-latex.

 

Conclusion

Just putting this one finally out there for the motion game curious to find.

If you are in need of doers, you could hire me or hire our company to create software, games, interactive, immersive video or other forms of art & media for you.

Happy end-of-year Holidays 2024. Until next time!