The use of unreal engine to create virtual realty fitness and gaming application

Mahmoud Al-Bitar; Fatemah Abdal; Kofran Al-Jazzaf; Abdulrahman Al-Saqran; Mounib Khanafer

doi:10.1109/GCC45510.2019.1570521510

The use of unreal engine to create virtual realty fitness and gaming application

Mahmoud Al-Bitar
, Fatemah Abdal
, Kofran Al-Jazzaf
, Abdulrahman Al-Saqran
, Mounib Khanafer

Electrical and Computer Engineering

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4 Scopus citations

Abstract

Virtual Reality (VR) has stolen the technology spotlight in the new era of innovation. It provides excitement and a thrilling sense of presence. VR headsets have emerged from being a concept into a reality people look forward to experience. While gaming is one of the primary uses for VR technology, other forms of entertainment exist. Theater audiences will be able to watch movies on a large virtual screen that is more like their own theater. VR also serves as a costeffective and attractive tool for rehabilitation. Virtual exercises help in motivating patients to practice everyday activities. Beside the health care industry, developers have turned to the fitness industry as well, where they promote exercising with VR. Combining VR and exercising will attain remarkable results. In this paper we introduce the VR-Bike; a system that combines the fun of VR gaming with the fitness of exercising on a bicycle. This is achieved by connecting a microcontroller with sensors on an exercise bike to a VR game developed in Unreal Engine.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2019 IEEE 10th GCC Conference and Exhibition, GCC 2019
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9781538694770
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/GCC45510.2019.1570521510
State	Published - Apr 2019
Event	10th IEEE GCC Conference and Exhibition, GCC 2019 - Kuwait City, Kuwait Duration: 19 Apr 2019 → 23 Apr 2019

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Name	2019 IEEE 10th GCC Conference and Exhibition, GCC 2019

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Conference	10th IEEE GCC Conference and Exhibition, GCC 2019
Country/Territory	Kuwait
City	Kuwait City
Period	19/04/19 → 23/04/19

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

Keywords

Arduino Microcontroller
Unreal Engine
VR Bike
Virtual Reality

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Al-Bitar, M., Abdal, F., Al-Jazzaf, K., Al-Saqran, A., & Khanafer, M. (2019). The use of unreal engine to create virtual realty fitness and gaming application. In 2019 IEEE 10th GCC Conference and Exhibition, GCC 2019 Article 9087574 (2019 IEEE 10th GCC Conference and Exhibition, GCC 2019). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/GCC45510.2019.1570521510

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Al-Bitar, M, Abdal, F, Al-Jazzaf, K, Al-Saqran, A & Khanafer, M 2019, The use of unreal engine to create virtual realty fitness and gaming application. in 2019 IEEE 10th GCC Conference and Exhibition, GCC 2019., 9087574, 2019 IEEE 10th GCC Conference and Exhibition, GCC 2019, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 10th IEEE GCC Conference and Exhibition, GCC 2019, Kuwait City, Kuwait, 19/04/19. https://doi.org/10.1109/GCC45510.2019.1570521510

The use of unreal engine to create virtual realty fitness and gaming application. / Al-Bitar, Mahmoud; Abdal, Fatemah; Al-Jazzaf, Kofran et al.
2019 IEEE 10th GCC Conference and Exhibition, GCC 2019. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2019. 9087574 (2019 IEEE 10th GCC Conference and Exhibition, GCC 2019).

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