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Games and Gamification for Health (777) Innovations and Technology for Physical Activity Education (926) Extended Reality, Virtual Reality and Virtual Worlds (761) Exergames, Active Games and Gamification of Physical Activity (241) Formative Evaluation and Development of Games (87) Game Development (60) Serious Games for Health and Medicine (802) Parent and Child Education on Physical Activity (164)

Published on in Vol 23, No 2 (2021): February

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/18161, first published .
A Virtual Reality Exergame to Engage Adolescents in Physical Activity: Mixed Methods Study Describing the Formative Intervention Development Process

A Virtual Reality Exergame to Engage Adolescents in Physical Activity: Mixed Methods Study Describing the Formative Intervention Development Process

A Virtual Reality Exergame to Engage Adolescents in Physical Activity: Mixed Methods Study Describing the Formative Intervention Development Process

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Nuša Farič1 Author Orcid Image ;   Lee Smith2 Author Orcid Image ;   Adrian Hon3 Author Orcid Image ;   Henry W W Potts4 Author Orcid Image ;   Katie Newby5 Author Orcid Image ;   Andrew Steptoe1 Author Orcid Image ;   Abi Fisher1 Author Orcid Image
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