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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.
...cue the USB vaginas?
Can I see the Golden Girls in VR Porn? I always had a thing for Rue McClanahan.
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Going to take a test drive, if you guys haven't seen me post in the next 3 or 4 days send the paramedics ;-)
Also, reminds me of the scene in Brainstorm (1983) where the guy splices the brain scan tape into a loop until he's found many hours later... good times!
Alrighty....now that's the kind of innovation and useful technological creativity I've come to expect from the interweb.
brb, off to buy a VR headset
Just cruising through this digital world at 33 1/3 rpm...
That's what I thought. I've been really skeptical of VR, but if pornographers are on it, they'll make it successful.
I have a couple of smartphones: an HTC One M7 (which can decode sphere mapped stereo videos with 4k x 1.5k res in hardware, but can only do about 5fps), and a newer cheaper smartphone with a full HD screen, and which can only hw decode lower resolution and has inaccurate jumpy gyroscope. I would imagine that things like the Omimo headset are something to watch for in future (where you can either connect to a PC, or stick an sd card with the 3d movie into it and have it play that. But I think we need to let the hardware side mature for a couple of years, and indeed the filming tech. That said, this is probably a far more productive avenue for them to explore than 4k, though 4k porn with interactive zoom (with or without side by side for a headset) would, again, be something to look out for.
In all these cases, I can see porn blazing a trail in many areas, and other niches of video following them in (for example videos of sports out of the mainstream -- imagine having a 3d 120fps recording of something like a squash match, though tech for this sort of thing isn't there yet). In addition, with regards to the free vs. pay model that is emerging, this is something the entire content industry needs to watch. I think the porn industry is learning that there needs to be sufficient free material to satisfy demand somewhat so as to alleviate the pressure to pirate, and high quality paid material for those willing to pay a little (and at present, for what you can get for about $100, it really is only a little).
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Anyone who doesn't see robotics advancing because of pleasure-bots just isn't thinking about it yet.
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That explains why my boss suddenly wanted his Oculus headset back yesterday after asking me a couple of days ago to spend 2 weeks evaluating it with the R&D team for ideas.
Not surprising, since the website is badoinkvr.com (with an i). Typo domains suck.
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I actually got 3 Google Cardboards during the Verizon/Star Wars promotion and then a 4th when Google was giving them away for free. (That final deal only lasted a short time as people flooded their servers with requests.) My kids and I love them for watching 3D videos, rollercoaster apps, and just browsing Google Street View (go anywhere in the world and Google will show you a 3D panorama view of that location - it's like taking a mini-vacation minus the long plane ride). With the right 3D app and a good set of bluetooth headphones, it can even get quite immersive. It's definitely not as good as an Occulus Rift or another expensive VR headset, but it's very inexpensive.
Google actually published the specs so you could make one out of about $8 in parts and an old pizza box. Or you could buy a kit for about $10 on Amazon and put it together yourself. I found this one after a little searching. I haven't bought from that seller so I can't personally vouch for them, but the ratings seem decent. And at least you'll be able to show your friends it without uncomfortable "PornHub?!!!" questions.
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Can I see the Golden Girls in VR Porn? I always had a thing for Rue McClanahan.
You would rue the day you got your wish.
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Yes. The porn industry's decision to go VHS was a nail in the coffin of Beta.
Anyone who doesn't see robotics advancing because of pleasure-bots just isn't thinking about it yet.
Are you saying that some day I won't even be able to resort to prostitution without fear of my job being outsourced or automated away? Great. What a brave new world.