Biray is an international fitness and wellness speaker. She presents on current interactive technologies and their possible fitness applications. A freelance writer for various health & fitness magazines, she is amazed that she actually gets paid to author a column on all-things ‘tech and fitness’! She is also the health and fitness correspondent in SecondLife.

Biray serves as an adjunct faculty in the Exercise Science & Physical Education department of Mesa Community College in Arizona. She’s currently developing curriculum to make activity-based classes (like walking, jogging, cycling) completely web-based and for college-credit. She received her Master’s degree in Exercise & Wellness from ASU where she studied the benefits of exergaming on cardiovascular health. She’s obsessed with exergames, but in her spare time she dreams of having a PS3 so she can continue her love affair with Ratchet & Clank.

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Exergaming: Health Outside the XBox

Nintendo Wii and games like Dance Dance Revolution have propelled the exergaming phenomenon forward! Exergames are video games requiring players to be physical active during game play. In this session, discover their 25-year history, the scientific research to support game play and various applications in health and fitness.