Digital Home Thoughts: Journey to Wild Divine

Product Category: Interactive Multimedia Software
Manufacturer: The Wild Divine Project
Where to Buy: The Wild Divine Store
Price: $159.95 USD
System Requirements: Windows: Pentium III (800 Mghz processor), Microsoft Windows 98 SE, Windows ME, Windows 2000, or Windows XP, 16 MB video card.
Macintosh: G3,G4 or G5, running at 500 Mghz or more, Mac OSX version 10.2 or later.

Pros:

• Innovative biofeedback input mechanism;
  
• Teaches relaxation and stress reduction;
  
• Entertaining interactive adventure.

Cons:

• Pace of game too slow at times;
  
• Pre-rendered graphic scenes limit exploration.

Summary:
The Journey to Wild Divine is one of those products that cannot clearly be defined in any one category and is blazing the trail for a new sophistication of self enhancement software. At a high level, the Wild Divine is a biofeedback game where your heart rate and skin conductivity are measured and used to drive a variety of events. A peaceful, magical three-dimensional pre-rendered world reminiscent of the Myst series of games serves as the backdrop for this journey into our creative core. While biofeedback and games do not make up the usual product covered at Digital Media Thoughts, I think this offers some innovations and concepts that may filter down to other areas of technology in the future. If this sounds interesting, read on for a full review.