Fit to Game

We report data from an online survey that queried the player experience of using video games to exercise indoors during the year 2020, when many countries imposed strict social isolation rules and outdoor movement became limited for millions of people. Indoor exercise games such as the Nintendo Wii Suite are known prior to the pandemic to be effective exercise replacements in clinical settings, however little is known about people’s experience using these games to maintain exercise during COVID-19 isolation. We also report on contextual enablers and barriers that influence this indoor exercise experience, offering inside to the practical considerations involved in deploying indoor exercise games to users in real life.