Legible City

Jeffrey Shaw is a leading figure in new media art. He initiated the creative use of digital media in the fields of virtual and augmented reality, immersive visualization, and many more. His work includes performance, sculpture, video and countless interactive installations. One of his most remarkable works is Legible City, in which the viewers must actively participate in order to make the interactive installation work. The visitor has to ride a stationary bicycle to navigate through the simulated city streets of Manhattan with buildings made of letters, words and sentences that are projected on a big screen. The architecture made of letters corresponds to the actual plan and scale of Manhattan. The user is able to control the direction and speed when travelling the city with the handlebar and pedals, just like a normal bike. The visitor chooses where to go in their journey, making Legible City a three dimensional book which can be read in any direction. The virtual world in which the bicyclist is travelling truly simulates the experience of bicycling in the real world.

Wii Sports came up with something like this- the Cyberbike. The game has 18 different courses that users can ride and has an eco-conscious theme. In the game, the rider is helping to clean up the planet by clearing the roads of trash and sources of pollution. The exercise bike is included with the game and as the rider progessed new accessories are unlocked.