h1. Holoseat Initial Questions  v0.1

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Below is a list of questions and proposed answers to help us narrow down the requirements for this project.

h3. Q1. Why are we making this?

*A1*. _The *Holoseat* is a video gaming accessory which uses the drive to play video games to encourage regular exercise.  It accomplishes this by coupling exercise directly into the video game experience.  It should be functional enough to support initial sales to end users as both a kit and finished product._

h3. Q2. Who is this for?

*A2*. _PC based video game players who play games which involve character movement in 3rd or 1st person (role playing games, massively multiplayer role playing games, first person shooters, etc)._

h3. Q3. How will this be used?

*A3*. _Players attach the *Holoseat* interface to a recumbent exercise bike or elliptical machine and to a computer.  The *Holoseat* interface then detects the motion from the exercise equipment and sends the appropriate keystrokes for walking (or other locomotion) to the computer.  In this way, players must use the exercise equipment as part of the game experience._

h3. Q4. What features does it need to have (now)?

*A4*. _The *Holoseat* needs to support the following features to be sellable:_

* _Detect movement on the exercise equipment and send walking command to video game (typically by "pressing" the 'w' key) - *Required*_
* _Suppress the walk command signal - *Required*_
* _Support single step vs continuous walking - *Required*_
* _Tune the "walking" speed required to trigger sending the walk command - *Highly desired*_

h3. Q5. What features does it need to have (later)?

*A5*. _Later versions of the *Holoseat* may have the following features:_

* _Support "walking" vs "running" in game play through different speeds on the exercise equipment_
* _Allow for changing the in game locomotion command(s) without reprogramming (to expand the style and list of games supported)_

h3. Q6. What are the legacy requirements?

*A6*. _TBD_

h3. Q7. Who's going to build this?

*A7*. _TBD_

h3. Q8. How many do we want to make?

*A8*. _TBD_

h3. Q9. What is the budget?

*A9.* _TBD_

h3. Q10. What is the timeline?

*A10*. _TBD_