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Pornhub Unveils Free VR Porn Channel (pcworld.com)
An anonymous reader writes from an article on PCWorld: Big-name pornography website Pornhub has partnered with BadoinkVR, an early mover and shaker in VR porn, to launch a new section dedicated to immersive adult videos, aka VR porn. "Virtual reality is the next phase in the constantly metamorphosing world of adult entertainment, and will provide users with a mesmeric experience unlike anything they've seen before," Pornhub Vice President Corey Price said in a press release. "Now, our users are not only able to view our content, but be protagonists in the experience and interact with their favorite porn stars." The videos are roughly five-minute-long trailers designed to hook you on the VR porn experience. If you want the full videos, you'll need to sign up for a subscription with BadoinkVR itself, which will unlock the service's full adult-video selection starting at $20 per month. Pornhub is giving away 10,000 free pairs of branded Google Cardboard VR glasses if you are interested in trying out the experience but lack a VR headset.
Really Slashdot, you are pushing smut now? In your own words "The videos are roughly five-minute-long trailers designed to hook you on the VR porn experience". How is this not a Slashvertisement. P.S. As a VR device owner, if you are watching VR porn with a Google Cardboard VR then you are probably doing it wrong unless it has head straps, you want both hands free.
Anyone who doesn't see robotics advancing because of pleasure-bots just isn't thinking about it yet.
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Actually, what you're seeing might well be the birth of "real" VR. Meaning VR which actually might have a chance at success. Porn sells. It sells a lot. Porn has helped to make VHS, DVD, the Internet, and really adjusted some 'blue laws' and indecency laws over the years. It has helped strengthen the freedom of the press, speech, and helped fund technologies that may have had a hard time without it.
I've been reasonably skeptical of how much or how well VR would take off this time - compared to the earlier iterations. If this is done well, if this is done at all like people are hoping, then this is likely a boon for the VR industry that they really probably weren't outwardly expressing hope for. (I'm guessing they sure as hell were hoping for it to take off but just weren't saying anything aloud and in public. There's probably a hidden memo or two out there.) It's mildly amusing but it wouldn't be the first thing to be heavily influenced by pornographic uses. Home theaters, home video recording, probably even higher-end video cameras.
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