Winthrop gets physical with video games

Winthrop University students and staff jumped into motion-based video gaming to get a better understanding of the physical activity benefits of the technology.

Physical education student Troy Brace and Winthrop faculty member Seth Jenny led the examination of how motion-based video games such as the Xbox Kinect and the Nintendo Wii are being used in physical education.

Participants worked with multiple motion-based gaming systems.

This story was originally published January 29, 2015 at 10:55 PM with the headline "Winthrop gets physical with video games."