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I think there may also be a market for it in health clubs as well, they are constantly looking for new gizmos to entice new members in. Also, I see people at the gym try to do lateral movement on the treadmill by going sideways on it so I think people are looking for more than the boring 1D experience of a simple treadmill.

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I could see how in the future instead of "going to gym", we simply "play games" to exercise, and it's a lot more fun to do it, too!

Isn't that how most people have exercised for years?

"...to exercise"

Yes, people have played games instead of going to the gym, but I wouldn't call that "exercising". I guess you could put Wii/Kinect in this category, but even those are pretty static compared to this. You're actually running on this.

I think he may be thinking of more traditional forms of games. Soccer, Lacrosse, etc.

You're actually running on the football field or lacrosse pitch; actually swimming on the water polo field. You're actually throwing a Frisbee around with your friends.

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