Training Rowing with Virtual Environments

Emanuele Ruffaldi^*, Alessandro Filippeschi^*, Benoît Bardy^†, Ludovic Marin^†, Manuel Varlet^†, Charles Hoffmann^†, Maria Korman^‡, Daniel Gopher^‡ and Massimo Bergamasco^*

^(*) PERCRO, Scuola Superiore S.Anna, Pisa, Italy
^(†) University of Montpellier 1 (UM1), France
^(‡) Technion, Israel
E-mail: e.ruffaldi@sssup.it

Abstract

This paper presents the results of the design, implementation and evaluation of a platform for rowing training in Virtual Reality called SPRINT. The paper discusses how various aspects of the rowing skill can be analyzed and trained over a single common methodology and system platform. The result is a vision for new directions in the domain of sport training with Virtual Reality.