Club Penguin to use Physical Activity to earn coins?

Recently, I have discovered some very interesting news that you might want to post about on your own blog, if you have on...

Just make sure to credit me... :P


On some sort of parenting website, someone made an article saying that coming this Fall, by using a special device in real life (for your health) you can transfer coins, and even EXCLUSIVE items to your account!


GeoPalz, an interactive gaming and rewards platform for kids and families, has partnered with Disney’s Club Penguin to develop of a wearable Club Penguin iBitz activity tracker.
 
Using the Club Penguin-branded iBitz pedometer, Club Penguin players will be able to convert their athletic activity into virtual coins and exclusive content within the Club Penguin world. The Club Penguin iBitz activity tracker will be available for purchase in fall 2013.

“By connecting the GeoPalz Eco-System of activity driven games, rewards and prizes with one of the largest communities for kids, we hope to encourage millions more families to be active,” said Rich Schmelzer, CEO of GeoPalz. “It has been inspiring to work with Nike and Disney the past few months to bring together fitness activities that kids will love.”

Vice President and General Manager of Disney Interactive Worlds, Chris Heatherly, added, “By rewarding kids for being active in the real world, we are encouraging a healthy balance between screen time and active time. He continued, “When kids see their friends with exclusive rewards they can only get for being active, we hope it will inspire them to get active too.”

To develop this new product, GeoPalz has been a part of the Nike+ Accelerator Program for the past 90 days to develop broader techniques to convert athletic activity into digital coins that unlock games, content, and rewards.

  

 

Do you like this idea? I guess it's a good way to get players to get more exercise!

~The Club Penguin Finders Team