PC game to soothe mind and body

Based in Eldorado Canyon, Colorado, the Wild Divine Project--a startup that pegs itself part game developer, part music label, and part technology innovator--has announced that it will release The Journey to Wild Divine for PC and Mac on November 1 at select outlets.

In what Wild Divine bills as an unprecedented multimedia "inner-active" gaming experience, software meets biofeedback modules that measure heart rate and other functions through a unique human-computer interface. With various mind and body exercises, the player navigates--during a healing journey--into a lush, pleasurable fantasy world filled with challenges, adventures, and other experiences to reduce stress, center the mind, and calm the body, cultivating an enhanced sense of self and soul-awareness.

Instrumental in the journey's development were biomedical engineer Dr. Kurt Smith and animator/developer Corwin Bell. Says Bell, "In The Journey to Wild Divine, users can actually experience mythological images and states of being. The game is cast in a way that it looks and feels like magic, but it's all working within the psyche."

"The journey that Corwin has developed is very profound," adds Smith. "When you combine his spirituality with graphics capabilities, the artistry is mind-blowing. I've seen people sit down with it and have transforming experiences."

Other contributors to the project include biofeedback specialist Dr. Liana Mattulich, former Buddhist monk and Tibetan musician Nawang Khechog, "human capacity" researcher Dr. Jean Houston, and Joan Borysenko, Ph.D. and author of Minding the Body, Mending the Mind.

The Journey to Wild Divine, including the biofeedback hardware, has an introductory price of $129.95. In the weeks preceding launch, Wild Divine will host demonstrations at Northern California's EarthDance, L.A.'s Yoga Expo, and at The Institute of Noetic Sciences Consciousness Conference in Palm Springs. See the company's web site for more information.