Oculus/virtual Reality: The Gateway Drug To Porn

[stromboli]

http://nypost.com/2016/03/29/virtual-reality-is-great-news-if-you-love-porn/

Your 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.”

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.”

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.”

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.”

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.”

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.”

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.

[Mr.Obvious]

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.

[PickelledEggs]

lol "epidemic". That's funny

[PickelledEggs]

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.

[Nonsensei]

The sky is falling.

[mauricio]

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.

[Mr.Obvious]

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.

[SGOS]

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.

[PickelledEggs]

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.

[Jason78]

I got myself a new Samsung S7 this month and a Gear VR headset to go with it.

Netflix is great on it :D

[stromboli]

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.

[Jason78]

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.

[mauricio]

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.

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.

[stromboli]

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.

[Hydra009]

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