Apparently, geeks make great lovers. So, it comes as no surprise that one such geek thought of intimate gaming, where the player gets real personal with how the game is played.

Wired reports of such technology developed by Jennifer Chowdhury, who is doing her PhD thesis at New York University on an interactive game called Intimate Controllers. Here’s how it is described: “A set of sensors embedded in underwear direct the action on a video game. Players touch each other to control the game.”For her demo, Chowdhury made a video of herself and a partner playing Pong. He stands behind her with his hands near her shoulders, and she reaches back toward his hips. When he touches her left breast, the paddle moves to the left. The sensor in the right bra cup moves the Pong paddle to the right.

“I thought long and hard about how to present Intimate Controllers so it wouldn’t be viewed as ‘girls gone wild’ + technology,” she said in an e-mail. “It’s nerve-racking enough to give your thesis talk. But imagine doing it and knowing your teachers and peers are about to see you in your underwear on screen.”

Pretty interesting. There’s a YouTube video, too, if you’re interested in it. NFSW though.