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I Tried VR Porn, and It Was Weird

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>If nothing else, it will help you hide your porn better, seeing as it will be strapped to your face.

Well, they might not be able to see your porn, but you'll still leak metadata while watching it.

> leak metadata

Is that a euphemism for failing to discreetly watch VR porn on the train because back in reality you're sporting a raging boner?

There might be a more obvious euphemism there

Not if it's done over the internet in America.

GCHQ sees everything though. You might as well shag in parliament.

I know this isn't reddit, but at the risk of downvoting, I had to say that this is the funniest line I've read in a long time. I literally laughed out load for a good, long time.

I've tried this. I concur with not so much the author but "the friend" of the author -- you definitely will have a real sense of intimacy with the actor, especially if they make eye contact and smile warmly at the VR camera, as if they are really happy to be there with you.

And what's particularly interesting is that afterwards, you can really remember the whole thing. It's like it really happened and the memory is even an enjoyable one if the acting vibes were good.

What I think would be fun and wish I could try with my girlfriend would be for her to take the part of the actress and do what she does while I lied back and watched the HMD. I even volunteered for her to wear the HMD (there are videos with female POV), and >I< would do what the guy does. From what I've read you can develop an incredible sense of presence with such fun and games.

No luck, of course. She just laughed and thought I was cray cray.

I think many people will suffer from this invention. Our brain did not evolve to be in an environment with access to so much sexual stimulation, people are already becoming addicted to porn and rewiring their brains to only be turned on by pixels on a screen. This results in erectile dysfunction when they actually try to have sex and decreased energy and motivation in their lives. Just look at some of the stories on the pornfree and noFap subreddits to see what kind of problems porn can cause.

Personally I'd hope to try VR Porn once or twice in my life, further than I can't see the value in it. I believe that sexual energy is a finite resource that should be spent wisely on people you love, not in cold virtual realities.

Next keynote by Carmack might be on accidentally solving the Fermi paradox.

Sometimes I look at app game markets and think, "Wow, humanity is burning a lot of cycles on perfecting distraction... that doesn't seem safe."

Usually I just load up HN or Total War to forget about it...

We'll be left with people who preferred 'RL' experience over 'VR'.

They will be the ones who reproduce, while the rest of humanity are trapped by 'VR'.

Do you guys think people had this same conversation when pornographic films were first created?

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. I'm not even sure whether that part of history is recorded.

I'm sure the people who would frequently use VR for their personal pleasure are doing so because they prefer VR instead of the practical reality that it has been really hard to find someone IRL.

I feel like Louis CK does a great job of covering this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqITqRWhpxg

I can't help to be reminded of the "Don't date robots" PSA video from Futurama.

https://vimeo.com/12915013

Where's that guy with anxiety from yesterday? Strap this to his head and put him in extremely awkward situations of close personal contact. Have the app give instructions on strategies for dealing with anxiety so he can try those things out.

Someone should make that... I'm not into VR yet and have too many other projects or I would.

This is indeed an area of research, you're not unique in seeing this use (sorry! :D)

I am agoraphobic and am aware of, though have not participated in, virtual reality assisted exposure therapy programs for agoraphobics. It's early days, but there's people working on it.

It's particularly exciting for agoraphobia and certain other anxiety issues which respond very well to exposure, but exposure is expensive and difficult to do and takes a lot of work on behalf of the patient and practitioner, whereas VR obviously makes things easier if you can make it work as well.

VR certainly has applications for cheap therapy.

The layout that allows comments by paragraph is really interesting, first time I've seen that.

I guess you have never read a Medium article?

If the experience is so real, will it be possible to fall in love with the VR characters ?

The shit future generations will have to deal with is amazingly complicated, at least that's one of the good parts of getting old(er) and old-school-ish.

The question is not "Can it happen?" The question is "How widespread will it be?" A small percentage of people have already demonstrated falling in love with dating sims, realdolls and anime characters to the point of taking their "waifus" out on physical dates and couples vacations.

My experience in mass-market products has taught me that when you reach a very large number of people, you are going to affect a small number of them much more strongly than you would have ever imagined. When VR goes mass market, it will be a positive force for a huge number of people and a negative one for hopefully a much smaller number. Like cars vs car crashes, we'll have to weigh the benefits based on statistics rather than possibilities.

Well, considering the 'waifu' meme... probably. It will be a long time before AI is intelligent enough to be worth falling in love with, though.

after legalizing gay marriage/sex, the next big hurdle will be the legality of robosexuals

"If anyone asks, you're my debugger." ;-)

OT but what's up with all the references?

>New York Times, 2032: waifu's rights organization want new laws regarding piracy of their members

Maybe if the author wasn't such a prude, this would have been more enjoyable to read.

Downvote me you prudes. Hell ban me for all I care about this wretched site.

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