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Kinect yoga game debuts at Cirque du Soleil event

by Ben Gilbert on Jun 14th 2010 2:00AM

[My Yoga Online]

Among the acrobatics displayed at tonight's Cirque du Soleil Kinect event, a demonstration was given of a yoga game where players emulate the actions of an on-screen instructor performing various Tai Chi and Yoga moves. Rather than the occasionally frantic actions of Wii Fit or EA Sports Active, the actions in this games seemed much more tranquil.

The player replicates the stance of the on-screen instructor, effectively following an exercise routine. Considering an Xbox Live Avatar wasn't anywhere to be found, it would seem this is an entirely separate game from the already revealed Kinetic Sports. We'll find out more as the week goes on.

Tags: e3-2010, Kinect, microsoft, Project-Natal, tai-chi, xbox, yoga, Your-Shape-Fitness-Evolved

Reader Comments (25)

I doubt I'll get this. I actually had a reason to take yoga class in high school, unlike here...

Please Microsoft, announce games with Kinetic for hardcore gamers! Not just casual ones!

@ArcticPlumber
Halo Reach with Kinect?
Hmmmmmmmmmm, I wonder if I could scan my cat in and use him as an assault rifle.
On second thought, maybe that's not such a great idea.

@ArcticPlumber

Seriously, the launch titles for Kinect aren't as interesting as the Move's launch titles.

@ArcticPlumber

I love how many people (including myself and, apparently, even Ben Gilbert in this post) are spelling it KINETIC instead of KINECT.

Wonder how long that'll last.

This will probably work a lot better than Wii Fit, since it could force you to make the poses.

call me crazy, but i doubt hardcore gamers are going to get behind any of this hyped up crap. motion control and 3d need to die in peace

@Theillusivegamer

You make hardcore gamers sound like pretentious douche bags.

@Theillusivegamer; I'm behind it 110% and I'd consider myself a "hardcore" gamer. I'm just crazy enough to believe they can coexist, on the market as well as on my shelf - because that's exactly what's already been happening for the last four years.

While being a hardcore gamer I wouldn't hold out and say I wouldn't try this. It just goes to who its directed at. I do yoga as it is in my weekly workout and weight training regiment so given a preview and glimpse at it I might be willing to try.

......... I don't know.. They're obviously REALLY pushing the casual market, but would people into Yoga actually shell out for an Xbox360, the Kinect, and then for this game just to play Yoga?

I have no idea how a game like this could ever sell well. :\

@PhilipJWitow

Maybe, I dunno, there's some overlap between people who practice Yoga and people who play Video Games? Or maybe somebody else in the household would have a use for the game, even if the Xbox's owner didn't.
That's a pretty narrow way of thinking of sales.

nah. just saying I havent seen one kinect game marketed to the hardcore audience yet. ALL casual

Isn't Nintendo about to announce a new Yoga game with that heart sensor?

Yeah I hate the reactionary "there's motion so it must be casual" crap. This is executed way better than the Wii stuff that set the bar so low. It's a new way to play games, "hardcore" gamers should be all over this. The idea of actually improving my motor control and learning new skills (think Ju-Jitsu Kinect" instead of pushing buttons is appealing to me. It's a whole new world of challenge.

I'm sure this will be a lot more helpful considering the fact that the camera should be tracking your body.

Frankly, I'd be much more prone to scan in a cat to shoot at it than to shoot with it.

well if it is so different then the wii shovel ware then i'd like to see it! so far all I've seen is exactly the same gimmicky nonsense though. i like casual games. but when i sit down in front of my 360 or ps3 thats not what im looking to play. maybe thats just me though

If this is gonna teach me how to breathe fire like Dhalsim, SIGN ME UP!

Yoga? you can just watch a DVD for that.

Gosh dangit, I can't seem to get the reply system to work since they updated the site... :(

Wow... I didn't even notice. I have a habit of reading what I want to read, no matter how many times I see it.

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If it has achievements, I'll finally be motivated to workout. If not it'll be hot to watch the wife do this.

I think this would be great if it worked like a virtual instructor helping to teach the proper form of a Tai Chi Kata.

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