Pooya Soltani

Pooya Soltani obtained his doctor of philosophy in sport science from Faculty of Sport, University of Porto, Portugal. He is interested in characterizing sports exergames and combines physiology, biomechanics, and psychology to holistically understand the effects of new technologies on health and human behavior.

Publications

Multi-User Virtual Environments for Physical Education and Sport Training
Multi-User Virtual Environments for Physical Education and Sport Training
Pooya Soltani, João Paulo Vilas-Boas. © 2021. 22 pages.
For effective learning and training, virtual environments may provide lifelike opportunities, and researchers are actively investigating their potential for educational purposes....
Sport Exergames for Physical Education
Sport Exergames for Physical Education
Pooya Soltani, João Paulo Vilas-Boas. © 2019. 11 pages.
Sports active video games (exergames) are accessible forms of physical activity which might also be used in physical education (PE) curriculum. The purpose of this chapter is to...
Multi-User Virtual Environments for Physical Education and Sport Training
Multi-User Virtual Environments for Physical Education and Sport Training
Pooya Soltani, João Paulo Vilas-Boas. © 2019. 22 pages.
For effective learning and training, virtual environments may provide lifelike opportunities, and researchers are actively investigating their potential for educational purposes....
Sport Exergames for Physical Education
Sport Exergames for Physical Education
Pooya Soltani, João Paulo Vilas-Boas. © 2018. 10 pages.
Sports active video games (exergames) are accessible forms of physical activity which might also be used in physical education (PE) curriculum. The purpose of this book chapter...
Muscle Activation during Exergame Playing
Muscle Activation during Exergame Playing
Pooya Soltani, João Paulo Vilas-Boas. © 2016. 30 pages.
Exergames may provide low-cost solutions for playing, training and rehabilitation. Exergame user research, studies the interaction between an exergame and users, in order to...