Discoverer: um aplicativo móvel para estímulo de atividades físicas com realidade aumentada

Abstract

Due to the change in habits related to the use of technologies, there is na increase in the number of sedentary people and, consequently, a decline in the quality of life and health, especially when the harm of sedentary life style is pointed out. The proposal of this work deals with away to mitigate the impacts of technology, using it as away to stimulate the practice of physical activities. When considering a technological means that could ful fill the objective, the use of smartphones was determined, due to its great popularity and accessibility. Thus, na application for the Android platform was developed that, using the principles of gamification, used mapped routes and augmented reality toof fer a game to encourage users to practice physical exercises. Furthermore, the application’s proposal could cover other benefits, such as the possible boost to tourism and geographic exploration of the regions in which they are used. To support the application’s ability to encourage physical activity, it was developed and presented for a group to use. After performing the test, the application was evaluated, where users answered na online formand the data were collected and analyzed,to then reach the conclusion that the proposal has the potential to ful fill the objective, that is, stimulate the practice of activities physical.