The Street View Running System
The Street View Running System aims to address the various obstacles that hinder individuals from exercising regularly by bringing the outdoor running experience indoors. Designed to enhance the enjoyment of indoor running, this system displays Google Maps Street View images directly to users while they run on treadmills or indoors. The system comprises three main components:
- Kinect System: Developed by Microsoft, the Kinect system detects the user’s running movements.
- Real-time Google Maps Integration: Based on the user’s running speed, the system displays and moves the Street View images along the selected running route on Google Maps.
- Database of Famous Running Routes: The system incorporates a database of renowned running routes worldwide.
Users can engage in indoor running within the effective range detected by the Kinect system, eliminating the need for a treadmill. As users perform running motions recognized by Kinect, the system calls the Google Maps API to display the selected running route’s Street View images. With this system’s assistance, users can conveniently engage in running exercises indoors while immersing themselves in the realistic street views from various locations worldwide, enhancing the experience of their indoor runs.