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> It’s not difficult to imagine a future where a cohort of the male population — especially those who have trouble connecting with members of their preferred se
by leoc 11y ago
> It’s not difficult to imagine a future where a cohort of the male population — especially those who have trouble connecting with members of their preferred sex — sits at home many nights with the Oculus Rift strapped to their heads, living out their sexual fantasies in VR, having their psychology further shaped and distorted by the persistent absence of connection with real life people.
Regardless, the future of porn is here, and it is fucking intense.
There's already a hit song about basically this. From 1979. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZF4Z6smOrZw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZF4Z6smOrZw Also related: this film from 1973 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westworld https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westworld .
- thisjepisje 11y agoLet me add this song from 1969. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izQB2-Kmiic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izQB2-Kmiic
- comrh 11y agoAlso the "cyber club" that gives patrons access to any fantasy from Minority Report.
- jimhefferon 11y agoI teach in a college. our challenges are four: pot, porn, poker, and playstation. This combines porn and playstation. I fear they will next find a way to bring in pot. That'll be a problem.
- anigbrowl 11y agoSurely anyone who is wasting time on porn and/or Playstation is capable of smoking pot at the same time. I'm not sure why you think this would require some sort of tie-in at the production end.
- icebraining 11y agoJust make a VR version of strip poker and you can have all four!
- minthd 11y agoOne thing that's still imperfect with VR is getting strong presence , consistently. But pot greatly helps with that, at least according to some guys from reddit.
- scintill76 11y agoPoker/gambling is a common impediment in education? Where, if I may ask? I would have guessed the others, but I'm surprised by this one.
- jimhefferon 11y agoYeah, it is the quietest one. But more people than you think do way too much online gambling. Obviously as with the others a little bit is not an issue. But it gets in the way of life for some people.
- Ygg2 11y agoI think it's a self correcting problem. The people that enjoy the VR to exclusion of regular human contact, will remove those people from the gene pool. Sure, you might end with a different next generation that has the fear of VR built into them, or the entire human race will die, out, but its nothing to concern yourself with.
- lozf 11y agoAnd another song, also from 1979 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rm00l5N8Jao https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rm00l5N8Jao I Love You Miss Robot, Electronic tease... programmed just to please. etc.