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Headbang hero

Published: 29 October 2009 Publication History

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Headbang Hero is a music/dance videogame for testing and improving your prowess at "headbanging". The player wears a wireless motion-sensing wig and is awarded points for her personal choreography as she shakes her head to the sound of a heavy-metal song. However, since the practice of "headbanging" presents a risk to the player's health, the game software also analyses how hazardous the performance is and prints a personal report once the song is over.

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Patton D., McIntosh A. 2008. Head and neck injury risks in heavy metal: head bangers stuck between rock and a hard bass. British Medical Journal (online), 17 Dec 2008 http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/337/dec17_2/a2825

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ACE '09: Proceedings of the International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology
October 2009
456 pages
ISBN:9781605588643
DOI:10.1145/1690388
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Published: 29 October 2009

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  1. game
  2. game controller
  3. headbang
  4. health
  5. motion
  6. music
  7. wig

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  • (2023)Body x MaterialsExtended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/3544549.3573807(1-7)Online publication date: 19-Apr-2023
  • (2021)VäriWig: Interactive Coloring Wig ModuleProceedings of the 2021 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers10.1145/3460421.3478832(166-169)Online publication date: 21-Sep-2021
  • (2015)Interface-Centric Art GamesHandbook of Digital Games and Entertainment Technologies10.1007/978-981-4560-52-8_14-1(1-28)Online publication date: 24-Aug-2015

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