"The Contender" is an interacting boxing game in which the player actively participate in the game with real time punching, ducking, dodging, etc.

The Description and Motivation

This game is a twist of a popular arcade game called "Mocap Boxing", short for Motion Capture Boxing. In this game, the players are asked to hold two boxing gloves and stand in the middle of a motion sensing environment. The screen in front of the player would display a virtual opponent who will throw different punches. Each player gets a life bar and knock outs. The player will have a chance after the opponent throw a punch to punch. After three knock outs, the player wins and advances to the next level. The goal of the game, of course, is to defeat all the boxers in the game and beat the "champion" and become the next boxing champion.

In our version of the VR boxing game, there's only 1 stage, but with 3 levels of difficulties. The player also puts on boxing gloves equipped with accelerometers to measure the acceleration of the "punch", and a weight training belt, also equipped with accelerometers to detect the dodging motion of the player when punches are thrown. The player gets a chance to punch the opponent after the opponent punches. The opponent, depending on the level of difficulty, would have different probability of dodging the player's punch, thus prolonging the match, and tests both endurance and patience of the player. After the life of either the player or the computer is reduced to zero, a score board is shown to rank the player's performance relative to the previous players.