Digital sport for performance enhancement and competitive evolution intelligent gaming technologies /

• Corporate Author: IGI Global.
• Other Authors: Pope, Nigel., Kuhn, Kerri-Ann L., Forster, John, 1946-
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2009.
• Subjects: Sports > Technological innovations.; Performance technology.; Sports sciences.; Video games.; Computer games.; Computer supported collaborative sports; Digital sport; Intelligent gaming technologies; Measuring human movement; Merging gaming with sports; Monitoring human player activity; Performance enhancement; Quantitative assessment of physical activity; Simulation of general human and humanoid motion; Training and participation applications; Video-based motion; Video games for physical performance
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess
• Physical Description: electronic texts (xxiii, 390 p. : ill.) : digital files.; Also available in print.
• Format: Mode of access: World Wide Web.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 336-376) and index.
• ISBN: 9781605664071 (ebook)
• Access: Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers.

An unacknowledged, global phenomenon in the sphere of computer applications, digital sport, plays an enormous part in training and performance enhancement. This publication provides an overview of the increasing level of digitization in sport including areas of gaming and athlete training. It discusses sport consumers and the playing of computer games, drawing from academicians and practitioners from varied disciplines and approaches.