Exercising While Gaming

AP: Consumer electronics companies commonly cater to couch potatoes by pitching bigger television sets, more mesmerizing video games and remote controls that can even place online orders for pizza. But a small cadre of entrepreneurs at the world’s largest technology exposition hope their gizmos make you work up a sweat.
Company executives insist that “exergaming” or “exertainment” — the marriage of physical exercise and video gaming — is becoming a hot new niche, and the most bullish aficionados say it might even help reduce the nation’s obesity epidemic.
The four-day International Consumer Electronics Show, which ended Sunday, sponsored its first-ever “Cardio PlayZone” section for fitness-themed companies.
Entrepreneurs Optimistic on ‘Exergaming’ [AP via Yahoo! News]