WhiteWolf Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 Announced at E3 last month, THQ's Deepak Chopra Project was as enigmatic as any game possibly can be. The game claimed to focus on relaxing chakras to enter a "flow state", with little more than a few abstract screenshots to try to ascertain how that might manifest itself as gameplay. Now the official title has been revealed and the gameplay is just a tiny bit less ambiguous. Leela, as the game is now titled, is spiritual leader Deepak Chopra's attempt to combine gaming and meditation. Talking to the AP, Chopra explains how video games are currently used to "create addictions to violence, adrenaline and mindlessness, rather than mindfulness". "I personally believe that you can accelerate neural development and biological evolution through video games," said Chopra. That is where Kinect comes in. Detecting players' bodies, Leela -- Sanskrit for "Play" -- will guide them through seven meditation exercises based on the body's seven "chakras". Despite an increasing difficulty, there is no importance placed on gaining a high score or even finishing any given exercise. Stress and tension have no place in a game designed to relax. So how does one "play" a meditation game? In the root chakra exercise, players tilt their hips to seed a virtual planet. Another exercise sees the player creating fireballs to release gems in falling rocks. One of the guided meditative modes has players follow breathing instructions from yoga instructor Elena Brower, with Kinect able to monitor the seated players' breathing patterns and display the resulting information on screen in the form of 3 undulating bars. "We did more than 500 prototypes" said Director of Product Development at THQ, Peter Armstrong. "We wanted to make sure each of the movements was fun and replayable. We took the teachings and tried to boil them down. We would show those to Deepak and some of his experts, but there were several instances where they just didn't work. They just didn't quite fit the meaning of that chakra." he added. Let's hope it can live up to Chopra's lofty ambitions to "create a new generation of video games that can help accelerate the personal, psychological, emotional and spiritual development of human beings." Find out on Nov 8 when the game launches in the US! src:insidekinect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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i_rock098 Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 What! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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i_rock098 Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 Baba Ramdev will sue THQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dabba Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 deepak chopra... his name reminds me of the movie "the love guru" mike meyers... also did not read teh article... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paapi Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 Though it looks innovative but it has full potential of being an enhanced or worse version of Zumba fitness.. but still it will be number one in UK charts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellow Flash Of The Leaf Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 YEH SAB DEEPAK CHOPRA KI LEELA HAI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Boss Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 Nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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aRch-0n Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 Who dat ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnackChap Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 kinect kare toh leela, hum kare toh character dheela.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avkash Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 tere Avatars dekh ke koi bhi kahega ki tera character dheela hai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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playstation Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 kinect kare toh leela, hum kare toh character dheela.. tere Avatars dekh ke koi bhi kahega ki tera character dheela hai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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playstation Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 Kinect Kamasutra cannot come soon enough. pun intended. it will make COD ,Halo and GT sales look miniscule . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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