On Friday, 6 March 2015 15:03:29 UTC-4, John H. wrote:
On Fri, 06 Mar 2015 12:51:22 -0500, wrote:

On Fri, 06 Mar 2015 10:44:31 -0500, John H.
wrote:


Funny you should mention that. The March Golf Digest has a nice article about
'virtual golf'. The Nintendo Wii version even promotes activity and requires a
'decent' swing.

But, I'm into golf primarily for the exercise and playing with friends.

However, I would never put down those who wanted to play the game that way. From the
article, there are a lot of similarities between virtual golf and real golf. One of
the quotes in the article from an individual who'd played the Pebble Beach virtual
game to prepare for the real thing:

"It was an incredible, weird feeling. I started correcting the caddies because I
already knew the angles, because it's like I had seen it all before," he says. "Those
games, they're just so realistic."


We have a WII machine and I never thought of it as being like any real
game. To start with, you don't get to move around much. It is nothing
like the 5 or 6 mile walk you get chasing a golf ball. For me that is
more like a steeple chase, jumping over creeks and climbing through
the brush.
I do have an idea for a video game that is connected to a real
exercise machine so you are actually working the muscles you would in
the real thing. The first one that springs to mind is to put slotted
wheel sensors on a rowing machine and interface them through a mouse
port. Then you just need the right software.
For that matter you could just put a slotted wheel sensor on the 2
main pulleys in a Bow Flex. Simply reading your Email or playing
solitaire would give you quite a workout. Any game you play with a
mouse would work.
I am really surprised the exercise machine people have not hooked up
with a PC guy.

At the gym, the bicycle machines have 'routes' where you watch the video and you
climb through the woods, go downhill, etc, and the pedalling gets harder and softer
as you go. But, I don't like bicycling. On the treadmill I read. It seems like every
year lately there are more and more days with snow cover - keeping the golf courses
closed. Might have to sign up at the gym again, just for the treadmill.
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Guns don't cause problems. Gun owner
*behavior* causes problems.

....or buy your own, you cheap #$@%$#.
I have a PaceMaster Bronze. Bought it just after I retired and use it 3 times a week.