Patent ID: 6244987
Filing Date: 2001-06-12
Classification: A63B,A63F,Y10S

Abstract:
A wellness system comprising:an exercise load providing means for providing a load of a physical exercise for a user, and for measuring a movement of the user who is doing the physical exercise;a virtual reality environment providing means for providing the user with a virtual reality environment according to the contents of the virtual reality environment; anda control means for controlling the virtual reality environment provided by said virtual reality environment providing means according to the user's movement measured by said exercise load providing means, and wherein said virtual reality environment providing means stores a plurality of dynamic image cuts which were taken at a plurality of places of a real environment which is a source of the virtual reality environment, and replays the dynamic image cuts cut by cut according to the user's movement measured by said exercise load providing means,wherein when said exercise providing means measures the user's movement as negligible or stopped, the dynamic image cut currently replaying is repeated continuously by said control means until said exercise providing means detects an additional movement by the user, andwherein each of the dynamic image cuts represents a fixed viewpoint and comprises a series of frames played in a forward sequence showing the fixed viewpoint, wherein a first frame in said forward sequence is similar to a last frame of the series of frames in said forward sequence so as to reduce discontinuity when the dynamic image cut is repeated continuously.