Augmented feedback for learning single-legged stance on a slackline

We present an auditory feedback system to assist learning the single-legged stance on a slackline, sensing the user´s posture with a Microsoft Kinect. Slacklining, or walking on an elevated length of tensioned webbing, has been associated with improved core strength, balance and concentration and may have applications for balance rehabilitation and research. Based on the considerable body of research on clinical balance training systems, we anticipate extending our system to support balance training in neurological patients and the elderly. As we hope our system will be based on inexpensive hardware suitable for inhome use, we discuss some of the shortcomings of this technology.