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We've still got the original Wii and use it with WiiFit and the Balance Board. Some of the games are fairly active too, they get you standing up, jigging aroun
by Steve44 3y ago
We've still got the original Wii and use it with WiiFit and the Balance Board. Some of the games are fairly active too, they get you standing up, jigging around, stretching, and generally moving.
It's great to get feedback on things like their yoga moves, I firmly believe they are good for core strength and balance.
I appreciate it's not as rigid or intense as a gym could be, but it's very handy and fits in as and when we can. I've always been on the same opinion as another poster that "some exercise >>>>> no exercise, and also that moderate exercise >>>>> some exercise".
To put that in context, we're older, comparatively sedentary, and my wife has some medical issues with bone & muscle.
- jbm 3y agoThe Wiifit Balance Board is very cool and one of the very very rare cases where I tried to play with the hardware. I went through blog article after blog article, trying to figure out why I couldn't connect to it through Linux. Then I realized there was already a proper device driver made years ago and the blog articles were vastly out of date. You can get the data directly using evdev on linux w/ Python. It was such a fun device for a project too, my daughters enjoyed jumping on the balance board just to see what numbers it would toss out. I'm pretty sure it wouldn't be that hard to use it to develop balance games for Linux - the only problem is with battery life and the annoyance when pairing it.
- nottorp 3y agoHey, are there any games like the wii fit thing or ddr for modern consoles? I mean, including the mats/boards. It's kinda too late to get an original Wii but I do have a PS5.
- techdmn 3y agoThis doesn't answer your question about newer consoles, but a brief glance at ebay turned up plenty of results for Wii systems with the balance board and game.
- nottorp 3y agoAh well, it's sad. Was thinking of something for the living room and i'm not sticking a PC or another console in there. But thanks all for the pointers.
- Hesinde 3y agoIf you include a computer as a modern console; There is StepMania, which is similar to DDR. I play it with an L-TEK EX PRO. Further, there are a number of fitness VR games. I like Eleven VR and BeatSaber. The latter is available for PS5. Nintendo has Ring Fit Adventure for the Switch.
- seam_carver 3y agoDance central spotlight for Xbox one Nike kinect training for Xbox 360 Stepmania for pc