A new, game-changing, IoT Bicycle-Games-Controller.

一款全新的、改变游戏规则的物联网自行车游戏控制器。

• 批准号: 10051857
• 金额: $ 6.37万
• 依托单位: TURBO GAMING LTD
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Grant for R&D
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10051857
• 关键词: new; game; changing; IoT; Bicycle

* **Myself:**I am the neurodiverse, female cofounder of a new and innovative HealthTech business based in Dorset. Most recently, I led 3 departments (product/marketing/engagement) at an HRTech-startup in London that was co-founded by two high-profile, serial tech-entrepreneurs and funded by tier-1 investors. Before that, I founded a software and marketing agency in London in my early twenties and ran it successfully for 7 years with my business partner. I learned about business from my father's large commercial farm in Zimbabwe. I love public-speaking and welcome the opportunity to be a role-model to other neurodiverse, female founders, and entrepreneurial-expats like myself.* **My business:**TurboGaming is a healthTech business that aims to tackle the alarming statistics regarding insufficient physical activity during childhood/adolescence, and the downstream effects thereof.In the UK, more than half of 6-16yr olds (55.4%) are insufficiently active (SportsEngland, 2021). Whilst 1-in-3 leave primary school already overweight/obese (Department of Health&Social Care).In the USA, only 23% of high school students are sufficiently active while 46% spend a whopping 3+ hours per day playing sedentary video games. (Centers for Disease Control?evention, 2019)._**The Vision:**_ Convert 100+ popular, mainstream racing-games on PlayStation and Xbox, into pedal-powered fitness-games, played from our new, game-changing, IoT 'bicycle-games-controller'. More than doubling the number of fitness-games available on the market in less than 5 years, without developing any new games.Compatible games include Disney Cars, Sonic, Hot Wheels, Wreckfest, Forza Horizon, Rocket League, F1 and many more.The founding team has 33 years of combined experience and the chosen subcontractor specialises in human-centred design with experts in bicycle related design.* **My idea:**Think of it as a **'bicycle-arcade'** for children/tweens/teens.Pedal-power equates to in-game speed utilising one of two proprietary algorithms;a. Social/Inclusiveb. Fair/Competitive (Enabling eSports)Handlebars rotate to steer whilst triggers and joysticks on the grips allow players to brake, shoot or jump.Testing a proof-of-concept prototype yielded unanimous enthusiasm from children/tweens/teens whilst parents cheered for them, like it was sports day! We have a growing waiting-list of beta-testers waiting for units.A new 'Strava-meets-Twitch' application will connect users, gamify participation (leaderboards/badges/trophies), and host athletic-eSports. The app will provide an age-appropriate, 'digital sports club' experience._**Award-plan:**_As well as mentoring, I plan to strengthen my knowledge and business network through the bootcamps and expert advice. I plan to complete the R&D for beta units, and the MVP following beta-testing, ahead of a commercialised post-project MVP-launch.

*我自己：**我是多塞特一家新的、创新的HealthTech公司的女性联合创始人。最近，我在伦敦的一家HRTech初创公司领导了三个部门(产品/营销/参与)，这家初创公司由两位知名的连续科技企业家共同创立，资金来自一级投资者。在此之前，我在20岁出头的时候在伦敦成立了一家软件和营销机构，并与我的商业伙伴成功地运营了7年。我从父亲在津巴布韦的大型商业农场学到了商业知识。我喜欢公开演讲，并欢迎有机会成为其他神经质多样的女性创始人和像我这样的外籍企业家的榜样。*我的企业：**TurboGaming是HealthTech的一家企业，旨在解决有关儿童/青少年期间身体活动不足及其下游影响的令人震惊的统计数据。在英国，超过一半的6-16岁儿童(55.4%)运动不足(SportsEngland，2021)。在美国，只有23%的高中生足够活跃，而46%的高中生每天花在久坐不动的电子游戏上的时间高达3小时以上。(疾病控制中心？Evention，2019)。_**愿景：**_将PlayStation和Xbox上流行的100+主流赛车游戏转换为踏板供电的健身游戏，从我们新的、改变游戏规则的物联网‘自行车游戏控制器’玩。在不到5年的时间里，市场上的健身游戏数量增加了一倍多，而不需要开发任何新的游戏。兼容的游戏包括迪士尼汽车、Sonic、热轮、Wcrefest、Forza Horizon、Rocket League、F1等等。创始团队拥有33年的综合经验，选定的分包商专门从事以人为中心的设计，并与自行车相关设计专家合作。*我的想法是：**把它想象成**儿童/青少年/青少年的**‘自行车拱廊’**。脚踏力量相当于游戏中的速度利用了两种专有算法之一；a.Social/Inclusiveb。公平/竞技(支持电子竞技)车把旋转转向，而手柄上的扳机和操纵杆允许玩家刹车、射击或跳跃。测试一个概念验证原型得到了儿童/青少年/青少年的一致热情，同时家长们为他们欢呼，就像是运动日一样！我们有越来越多的Beta测试者在等待单元。一个新的‘Strava-Meet-Twitch’应用程序将连接用户，游戏化参与(排行榜/徽章/奖杯)，并主办竞技电子竞技。这款应用程序将提供适合年龄的数字体育俱乐部体验。_**奖励计划：**_除了指导，我还计划通过训练营和专家建议来加强我的知识和商业网络。我计划完成测试版的研发，并在测试版测试之后完成MVP的研发，然后再推出商业化的项目后MVP。