Effect of Pregame Training Tutorials on Player Performance in Kinect-Based Health Games.

Objective: The objective of this study was to examine the influence of pregame tutorials on player performance in Kinect(®) (Microsoft(®), Redmond, WA)-based health games and to determine whether the additional exertion caused by longer playtime introduced by the tutorial would influence in-game performance.

Materials And Methods: Thirty-two college-age test participants were randomly assigned to two groups: pregame training tutorial and pregame verbal instructions. The variable of interest was the degree to which players were able to accurately perform a series of static arm gestures in order to duplicate specific reference poses.