http://nypost.com/2016/03/29/virtual-reality-is-great-news-if-you-love-porn/
QuoteYour fantasy life is about to get much richer, thanks to the wonders of virtual reality.
The Oculus Rift virtual reality equipment began shipping Monday for those who preordered or contributed to the original Kickstarter campaign. Oculus, which is owned by Facebook, has called today “a historic moment†in a release, adding, “soon, people all over the world will be experiencing fully immersive VR in their own homes.â€
By which they mean porn, of course.
Sure, there are plenty of VR experiences that will allow users to step into fantastic worlds, jump out of planes or mimic daring stunts, all from the safety of their home. But where goes technological advancement, there also goes pornographic advancement. Plenty of third-party extensions allowing Oculus users to get a virtual lap dance or do the nasty with a digital partner have already been made available, and some intricate systems even incorporate gripping robots and Fleshlight-esque devices to take the experience one step further.
Though Oculus didn’t respond to a request for comment for this article, founder Palmer Luckey has emphasized that there will be an “open platform†for third-party developers, porn studios included.
Todd Gilder, CEO of VR porn studio BaDoink, joked to The Post that “Luckey ought to give us a referral fee for every sale of the Rift.â€
Indeed, self-fulfillment is certainly one thing you could use the $599 Oculus headset for. But is the experience worth it?
Terry Klee, a licensed psychotherapist and relationship specialist affiliated with Columbia University, told The Post that the new horizons virtual reality offers could make masturbation enthusiasts’ experience that much better.
“I think it’s going to depend on each person’s level of sexuality,†she said. “For some I think it might actually enhance it. I think it depends on how comfortable people are masturbating to begin with.â€
According to a 2015 study published in the Archives of Sexual Behavior, millennials tend to have fewer sexual partners than the generations preceding them. This could be owing to the twin factors of awareness of the dangers of unprotected sex and the easy availability of emotional intimacy via the Internet and dating apps. If you’re already being fulfilled emotionally, virtual reality porn is bound to be a big step up in the sexuality department.
“The definition of masturbation is self-pleasure, so whether you have a can or a vibrator or whatever, you’re by yourself. I think it’ll amp it up because much of masturbation is very similar to the pleasure principle of addictions, which is that you get accustomed to a certain level and you want even a higher sensation than you had previously,†Klee said. “The only reason that doesn’t really happen with our partners is emotions are included and shyness and inhibitions, but that all goes away when you’re by yourself, so people’s experimentation tends to increase.â€
In addition to the physical safety of virtual porn, it could also allow people to experiment with kinks they may be too nervous or ashamed to try, or even experience sex from the point of view of another gender.
“You can’t go out and experiment with sex safely anymore,†Klee said. “With this, you could do that. It also removes the shame, there’s a lot of shame around masturbation.â€
On the other hand, if you would be upset by your partner masturbating to porn, you’re likely to be unhappy with the new hyper-realistic advances in porn that the arrival of Oculus offers.
“For most couples, it could feel threatening because it’s going to disrupt the equilibrium that’s already established,†Klee said. Many people feel uncomfortable with how they’d stack up to the super-sexy behavior and perfect physiques that porn can offer, so a more immersive experience could be even more intimidating.
However you feel about porn, prepare to turn those feelings up to 11 when it comes to a virtual reality version.
“If you had a vibrator in your bedroom drawer, having this in your bedroom drawer is going to be that much better,†Klee said.
“It’s like the Wild West,†she said. “It’s very interesting.â€
10 years from now the new epidemic will be 300 pound teenagers eating take out while jacking off to otherwise unavailable women in their bedrooms every night. Carry on.
Quote from: stromboli on March 30, 2016, 01:19:14 PM
http://nypost.com/2016/03/29/virtual-reality-is-great-news-if-you-love-porn/
10 years from now the new epidemic will be 300 pound teenagers eating take out while jacking off to otherwise unavailable women in their bedrooms every night. Carry on.
I fail to see how that's different from this day and age.
Fuck it, I fail to see how that's different from ten years ago back when I was a teen.
lol "epidemic". That's funny
People have been getting off to things that weren't real people for tens of thousands of years. It isn't going to change any time soon. (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/27/ancient_phallus/)
The sky is falling.
Quote from: Mr.Obvious on March 30, 2016, 01:38:13 PM
I fail to see how that's different from this day and age.
Fuck it, I fail to see how that's different from ten years ago back when I was a teen.
It's gonna be cooler.
Quote from: mauricio on March 30, 2016, 03:33:39 PM
It's gonna be cooler.
Meh, I'm going to look at it from the bright side. When I'm old and grey, I'll be able to tell those pesky youngsters: "Back in my day we didn't have none of that fancy VR porn or your pocket-pussies or your sexbots or your self-applying lube or your hydraulic-hentai-simulators. Unlike you spoiled, wanking brats when we had to rub one out we had to use our imagination. Best we had was pictures. None of your damn fancy-pancy moving pictures, mind you. Ours were on paper. And we had to turn these pages manually, taking our focus off each time."
Yes, I fully plan on traumatizing my grandkids. It'll be hilarious.
What?? Virtual reality and you still have to masturbate by yourself? Sounds like some second rate gimmick getting passed off as virtual reality when it's just some headgear with and old View Master inside it.
Quote from: mauricio on March 30, 2016, 03:33:39 PM
It's gonna be cooler.
If you have an android phone you can make a Google Cardboard for dirt cheap. It's the same shit, as far as I'm aware.
Virtual reality porn, here I come.
I got myself a new Samsung S7 this month and a Gear VR headset to go with it.
Netflix is great on it :D
Actually in 10 years we will probably have realistic life dolls that will emulate a real human, so VR may be a thing of the past as far as sex goes. Keep a replica of your favorite starlet in your closet that will do everything your fantasy demands. then the issue will be the plummeting birth rate in the West between women having their way with the male dolls and men with the female dolls.
My advice? Invest in lotion futures. Carry on.
You're missing a trick there stromboli.
Augmented reality: You get your generic sexbot delivered. And then you simply download a VR app that shows you your chosen partner, but the tactile sensation comes from the doll. And when you fancy a change, you can just download another one.
Quote from: PickelledEggs on March 30, 2016, 04:25:24 PM
If you have an android phone you can make a Google Cardboard for dirt cheap. It's the same shit, as far as I'm aware.
Virtual reality porn, here I come.
Quote from: SGOS on March 30, 2016, 04:17:22 PM
What?? Virtual reality and you still have to masturbate by yourself? Sounds like some second rate gimmick getting passed off as virtual reality when it's just some headgear with and old View Master inside it.
Spoken like true plebs. People that have actually used the VR even the cheaper samsung one say it is actually like being inside the virtual space not just like like strapping a smartphone to your face. Probably because of refined motion sensors for your head movements and high fps that makes the illusion of first person view indistinguishable from your norma viewing experience.
Quote from: Jason78 on March 30, 2016, 04:44:56 PM
You're missing a trick there stromboli.
Augmented reality: You get your generic sexbot delivered. And then you simply download a VR app that shows you your chosen partner, but the tactile sensation comes from the doll. And when you fancy a change, you can just download another one.
Lol. its brave new depraved world. Personal harem with Lithium rechargeable batteries.
Quote from: mauricio on March 30, 2016, 04:55:14 PM
Spoken like true plebs. People that have actually used the VR even the cheaper samsung one say it is actually like being inside the virtual space not just like like strapping a smartphone to your face. Probably because of refined motion sensors for your head movements and high fps that makes the illusion of first person view indistinguishable from your norma viewing experience.
But the human eye can only see 30 fps. :P
Quote from: mauricio on March 30, 2016, 04:55:14 PM
Spoken like true plebs. People that have actually used the VR even the cheaper samsung one say it is actually like being inside the virtual space not just like like strapping a smartphone to your face. Probably because of refined motion sensors for your head movements and high fps that makes the illusion of first person view indistinguishable from your norma viewing experience.
The pleb is you.
https://store.google.com/category/virtual_reality?utm_source=en-ha-na-sem&utm_medium=text&utm_term=PLP-exact&utm_content=skws&utm_campaign=googlecardboard&gclid=Cj0KEQjw8u23BRCg6YnzmJmPqYgBEiQALf_XzaJNMCvED1EHGe7qoGM8kniBeN7iEWCvtGOBcWPLi-oaAt_t8P8HAQ
Call me old fashioned, but I kind of like downloading and watching my porn the way it's been done for hundreds of years. Through a flash downloader plugin on my internet browser. Unless they can do that with VR porn, I won't be watching VR porn any time soon.
At this rate I might have to give up my Scarlett Johanssen blow up doll.
Quote from: Hydra009 on March 30, 2016, 06:20:28 PM
But the human eye can only see 30 fps. :P
(http://i1.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/005/540/130221984383.png)
Quote from: PickelledEggs on March 30, 2016, 06:41:21 PM
Call me old fashioned, but I kind of like downloading and watching my porn the way it's been done for hundreds of years. Through a flash downloader plugin on my internet browser. Unless they can do that with VR porn, I won't be watching VR porn any time soon.
>not torrenting entire premium porn sites in glorious 1080p
(https://i.warosu.org/data/lit/img/0055/02/1411980587928.jpg)
Quote from: mauricio on March 30, 2016, 07:18:41 PM
>not torrenting entire premium porn sites in glorious 1080p
(https://i.warosu.org/data/lit/img/0055/02/1411980587928.jpg)
Torrents are illegal. No one should do anything illegal. Lol
-Sent from your mom
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Honestly, if I had a decent VR rig, here's what I'd actually use it for:
1) playing with dozens of puppies
2) play skyrim/fallout 4
3) virtually visit fictional locations (sword art online)
4) virtually visit real locations
...
34) porn
Quote from: Hydra009 on March 30, 2016, 08:44:52 PM
Honestly, if I had a decent VR rig, here's what I'd actually use it for:
1) playing with dozens of puppies
2) play skyrim/fallout 4
3) virtually visit fictional locations (sword art online)
4) virtually visit real locations
...
34) porn
>34
(http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/epicrapbattlesofhistory/images/5/55/I_See_What_You_Did_There.png/revision/latest?cb=20140610225008)
I would love to play something like brothers a tale of two sons. Something really atmospheric with beautiful fantasy landscapes. And just chill.
This will be far more popular with men married over 10 years whose wives have given up sex than anyone else….and of course the obvious, they can afford it.
Quote from: aitm on March 30, 2016, 09:02:27 PM
This will be far more popular with men married over 10 years whose wives have given up sex than anyone else….and of course the obvious, they can afford it.
You are now officially the expert on the subject. :2thumbs:
I googled the subject of sexless (or low sex) marriages just to help me wrap my head around it. I didn't read every hit, just this one. It's an interview between reporter and researcher, but it doesn't identify the pollster/researcher at all, not even a name, although it sounds legit. It explains some possible causes, but not enough to satisfy my curiosity.
My aunt confided to me one time that she and my uncle, married for over 40 years, never had sex. She said they tried it once, but it didn't work. She seemed interested enough in the subject, and while she seemed to accept that it was not part of her life, I got the feeling she felt unfulfilled about it. My uncle, raised by my strict fundamentalist grandmother, was no doubt brow beaten about the evil nature of sex while growing up, but there may have been other reasons for his lack of sexual participation too, but I'd put money on the theory that it had something to do with his religion.
This is a short read, and I'd be curious about other's reactions to it. A nonsexual marriage, let alone any non-sexual relationship, is something that is almost beyond my comprehension. We tend to understand sexuality through our own limited and singular experience, and since it's not a subject freely discussed, it's something that perplexes me, and I suspect others may be similarly confounded. You would think at my age, I would have figured all of this out, but I'm still not sure I could even define what love is (but I think it's closely related to sex). Sure, I could blurt out many socially fashionable definitions, but a true understanding that satisfies my curiosity about these two related topics still eludes me.
This is a bit off topic. If a mod wants to put it someplace else, it wouldn't bother me.
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/03/when-sex-leaves-the-marriage/?_r=0
That is real on three levels. Marriage, love and sex are different things. You don't have to be married to be in love, and you don't have to have sex with the person you love, or the person you are married to, which might be different people.
On another level, sex education is very poor in the US, and the farther you go back in time, the worse it gets. Some really old people might still be virgins ... and they should sue their dead parents for malpractice!
On a third level, sex with your marriage partner tapers off over time, for various reasons. So it isn't a sexless marriage, but an increasingly sexless marriage. Most happy couples have sex an average of one a week. This is close to the Biblical recommendation.
Quote from: Baruch on March 31, 2016, 06:50:31 AM
Most happy couples have sex an average of one a week. This is close to the Biblical recommendation.
A Biblical recommendation? Well then; Once a week it is!
I say this is a part of evil feminist agenda. It's far more easier for females to get sexual partners in RL. So I suspect they are planing to take the het men out by 'imprisoning' them in to their homes by VR porn and dominate the world for good. There is no way it won't work. Next step is free beer coupons with every VR program downloaded. So there. And then when there are no men left, they will manufacture the fantastical 'right man'. Live happily ever after. :biggrin:
We are so patheticly incompetent as species, we can't even imagine a better dystopia than the fear of an epidemic based on teens jerking of to high tech porn. I hate human civilisation.
There was a quest in Fallout 3 that involved a sexbot; I knew then that the future was bright!
Quote from: PickelledEggs on March 30, 2016, 06:41:21 PM
Call me old fashioned, but I kind of like downloading and watching my porn the way it's been done for hundreds of years. Through a flash downloader plugin on my internet browser. Unless they can do that with VR porn, I won't be watching VR porn any time soon.
Can they do it?
Yes they can! (https://virtualrealporn.com/)
Old news. My generation was way ahead of you.
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e7/Anaglyph_glasses.png)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkOuShXpoKc
Pros: relatively inexpensive, easy to use, durable, great resolution, excellent compatibility.
Cons: requires cleaning, some users reported skin irritation with prolonged use. Also, bee infiltration.
Quote from: Hydra009 on April 01, 2016, 04:22:09 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkOuShXpoKc
Pros: relatively inexpensive, easy to use, durable, great resolution, excellent compatibility.
Cons: requires cleaning, some users reported skin irritation with prolonged use. Also, bee infiltration.
HAHAHA
Quote from: Hydra009 on April 01, 2016, 04:22:09 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkOuShXpoKc
Pros: relatively inexpensive, easy to use, durable, great resolution, excellent compatibility.
Cons: requires cleaning, some users reported skin irritation with prolonged use. Also, bee infiltration.
Shit thats some neat graphics, yo. Almost like real life.
Quote from: Mike Cl on March 31, 2016, 08:43:33 AM
There was a quest in Fallout 3 that involved a sexbot; I knew then that the future was bright!
There was a quest in shadowrun returns than involved bunraku (https://shadowrun-portland.obsidianportal.com/wiki_pages/bunraku-parlor) I knew then that the future could also be pretty fucked up.
Quote from: mauricio on April 01, 2016, 04:34:03 PM
Shit thats some neat graphics, yo. Almost like real life.
There was a quest in shadowrun returns than involved bunraku (https://shadowrun-portland.obsidianportal.com/wiki_pages/bunraku-parlor) I knew then that the future could also be pretty fucked up.
Not expecting this to be big with millemnnials. That would involve real sex partners. Carry on.
Quote from: aitm on March 30, 2016, 09:02:27 PM
This will be far more popular with men married over 10 years whose wives have given up sex than anyone else….and of course the obvious, they can afford it.
Knock knock knock (on the bedroom door) WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN THERE?
Oh...nothing honey.. I just have the door locked to keep the cat out...Do we have any clean towels? I think the cat threw up..
Hard to believe that there's still something to be said for an actual real live sex partner.. Don't ask me what it is.. That's classified..
Odor, sweat, drool and "other liquids" not included.
Pff, I didn't need VR to make me start fapping. Back when I was 12 and didn't know shit about the real world, there was only one logical place for me to start: Google images. :lol:
Quote from: stromboli on April 01, 2016, 04:52:44 PM
Not expecting this to be big with millemnnials. That would involve real sex partners. Carry on.
Das right fam. 2D>3D forever.
Quote from: Baruch on March 31, 2016, 06:50:31 AM
Most happy couples have sex an average of one a week. This is close to the Biblical recommendation.
:laugh: