Saturday, March 26, 2016

I reviewed Pornhub’s new virtual reality porn...

For years, sex and tech journalists have been going on about the rise of VR porn and the very real possibility of sex robots becoming a reality. In our documentary The Digital Love Industry, we found that their predictions were right: not only has the technology around virtual reality porn reached an impressive level, but a surprisingly large number of people are already using VR machines for sexual purposes.

Thing is, it all seemed a bit far off; the equipment was expensive and cumbersome, and hardly accessible to the majority of masturbators.

However, this week, that all changed: PornHub announced that they've teamed up with BaDoinkVR to launch virtual reality porn that works with phones and headsets. They've done a bit of a soft launch already, but apparently once it's all properly up and running you'll not only be immersed in a film, but also able to interact with your favourite stars.

To mark the launch, PornHub is giving away 10,000 pairs of free VR goggles. We didn't apply for a pair within the time limit, but luckily we already had a cardboard headset hanging around in the office, made by a company called "Happy Finish" (which, confusingly, is actually just a normal VR company and doesn't have anything to do with porn). The headset looks a bit like one of those cut-out DIY cardboard toys you get on the back of cereal packets. Once it's assembled you load up a video on your phone, put your phone inside the headset and you're off. You are a consumer of virtual reality porn. Full story...

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