Enhanced Reality Exercise System Designed for People with Limited Mobility

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Özkurt A., Olcay T., Akkan T.

APPLIED SCIENCES, cilt.15, sa.20, ss.1-16, 2025 (SCI-Expanded)

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 15 Sayı: 20
  • Basım Tarihi: 2025
  • Doi Numarası: 10.3390/app152011146
  • Dergi Adı: APPLIED SCIENCES
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Applied Science & Technology Source, Scopus, Aerospace Database, Agricultural & Environmental Science Database, Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Communication Abstracts, INSPEC, Metadex, Directory of Open Access Journals, Civil Engineering Abstracts
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1-16
  • Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

People with limited mobility experience disadvantages when participating in outdoor activities such as cycling, which can lead to negative consequences. This study proposes an indoor physical cycling activity, with the help of technological solutions, for people with limited mobility. The aim is to use enhanced reality (ER) technology, based on virtual reality, to exercise in the person’s own indoor environment. In this system, real track and speed information is received by a 360-degree camera, GPS, and gyroscope sensors and presented to the mechanical system in the electromechanical bike structure with real-time interaction. The pedal force system of the exercise bike is driven using information of the incline, and data from the bike’s speed sensor and head movements are transferred in real time to the track image on the user’s head-up display, creating a realistic experience. With this system, it is possible to maintain an experience close to real cycling through human–computer interaction with hardware and software integration. Thus, using this system, people with limited mobility can improve their quality of life by performing indoor physical activities with an experience close to reality.