In early 2014, Ela Darling, a 31-year-old adult film actor, filmed her first VR porn movie. She was wearing a bathing suit and stockings in the dormitory of Maryland University. She was sitting on a double bed and talking to the camera just like a real person. This porn movie had no story line and no other actors. In the depiction of her first VR porn movie, she said, "It was a scene of an individual performance. I was a bit shy and charming, but later I felt a bit dirty and sexy." Darling has been shooting pornographic films since the age of 22, and treats his work extremely rigorously. She thinks that connecting viewers with her body and emotions is a duty. So she even tried everything including role-playing, electric shock, etc. However, no matter what temptation or hard work she did, the result always felt like she was being peeped because the screen caused her distance from the audience. However, this time is obviously different from the past. The VR film records the same scene from hundreds of cameras through many camera shots. When the screens are stitched together, the viewer will have a 180° or even 240° view of the room and let the audience feel that he/she is there. Darling had known for the first time that she had watched her VR film. This technology is a new opportunity for her work and for the entire adult entertainment industry. "You can pretend to be in a room with me alone, or someone crazy about you, and you are part of pornography," she said. Although VR erotic movies are more like elements in science fiction movies, it is already a real existence, even if it is still in a relatively low stage. According to the Pornhub website, since the summer of 2016, the number of views of VR pornographic websites has increased by 275 percent, and now the website has an average of 500,000 page views (at Christmas 2017, this number even soared to 900,000). . According to estimates by the authoritative investment company Piper Jaffray, by 2025, the porn industry will be the third largest investment field in the virtual reality industry. By then, only the game and the American football league will surpass it and the market value will reach one billion US dollars. Mark Kernes, senior editor of AVN Media Network, said: “We are using VR more and more every day and we are also leading the technology in this area. Like the adult industry, which has huge profit margins, entrepreneurs will want to come in and share the same things. ." “The porn industry has inspired the development of the Internet, online payment systems, and other technologies. Now it's time to turn to VR. I'm sure there are far more VR porn videos than ordinary VR content.†Darling's first experience with VR technology was at the game event E3, which inspired her idea of ​​VR pornography. She later found a college student who knew the technology and had the same idea on Reddit. Soon before Darling started VR pornography is broadcast in Los Angeles every week. According to Mark Kernes, Darling was one of the first erotic actresses to use VR cameras. Now she has registered a company named VRTube.xxx and has more than 40 pornographers. Although the sex industry is very challenging in terms of supervision, various factors will also bring additional ethical issues and even legal disputes. For example, can you casually use someone's portrait to have sex with them in virtual reality? "Virtual reality technology is like the Wild West movie," said Bryony Cole, moderator of the "sexual future" of podcasts on adult topics. At this year's AVN Adult Entertainment Expo, VR Pornography has also become the protagonist of this year's show. CamSoda is an adult live web site. This year they showed an OhRama device at the show. This is a small can that can be connected to the VR headset and release the girl's smell. "I believe it or not, these smells are completely from the girl. These smells are sweet and dirty, but boys like it," Kernes said. There are also many companies that are trying to increase taste and touch in the VR experience. Another popular company is CamasutraVR, a startup company that uses 142 cameras to shoot the human body. Kernes said: "They hope that through the images created by these 142 cameras, they will be indistinguishable from the actual people. I'm sure that people would like to be able to watch their films at home." In addition, there are some VR companies that have demonstrated their cooperation with adult appliances, such as the use of vibrators with VR devices: As the movements in the movie progress, the vibrators will vibrate and even increase their strength. One of the hottest is the sex robot “Harmony†released by Realbotix in May this year. In the release video, the robot showed her beautiful legs, chest, full lips and lifelike gestures, and her wisdom. “What do you think about sex?†the host in the video asked her. “Sex is one of the most fascinating things in the world and I think it's very good.†Harmony can connect viewers to communicate with her in the virtual reality space by connecting VR devices. You can also perform actions in all movies. Matt Mcu Mullen, CEO and Director of Realbotix, believes that “it's a bit like the feeling of a combination of video games and science fiction. Our company has been manufacturing simulation dolls for more than 20 years. In the past, these figures were related to artificial intelligence rather than virtual reality. According to us, Thousands of customer experiences, people do use them for sexual activity, but there is a higher level of things in there than we are more focused on accompany.†Virtual reality technology is sometimes dubbed the “resonance maker†because it allows people to feel really involved in something. Holly Richmond, a psychologist, said: “This is already a spiritual aspect. When you watch VR porn videos, you are no longer just observing and thinking, but you feel it, not just genitalia, but also a physical and mental connection." Just as Darling did during VR pornography, viewers could comment on the screen or chat with her. She said, “The viewers in the virtual reality told those who still stay on the 2D screen to stop rushing to miss me. They think they know me. And I'm even staying in the bedroom with me." Many therapists and education professionals have shown great interest in VR. Richmond has partnered with BaDoinkVR, a US-based virtual reality company, to create a series of video “virtual sex sciences†that help men and women overcome common sexual problems. In a video of “virtual science†updated in June, viewers will see how a blond, full-fledged woman stimulates her desire before sex, when a voice-over says: Some women need to feel their desire through physical contact. . The first video in this series was created for men and was the most downloaded video on BaDoinkVR in 2017. Considering that it competes with non-educational real porn videos, this is a feat. The podcast host Cole mentioned above is also very excited about using VR in sex education. She said: "What happens if young people watch these videos before engaging in dangerous sexual behavior? This is much more effective than those preventive disease prevention leaflets." Professor Barbara Rothbaum, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Emory University School of Medicine and director of the Emory War Veterans Program, is also studying how virtual reality can help people who are troubled by military traumatic stress disorders. The program is currently planning the construction of a scenario to bring victims to barracks, tents, private homes or remote buildings where trauma may occur. The idea is to go back to these places and it will actually help the victims face their memory so that they can ease their inner obstacles. However, if you want to use VR for recovery work, the scene must be very realistic and allow users to integrate them into reality. They must feel that they are participants, not just observers. However, when technological development can achieve this goal in the future, problems will inevitably follow. McCullen said that his company once faced a problem. The simulated dolls that the client commissioned were exactly the same as those he knew in real life. Perhaps his ex-girlfriend was perhaps his fantasy object. Now his company must have a written contract to be able to use other people's portraits. "VR company must solve similar problems in order to make better use of this technology." Cole said, "What is the boundary between reality and fantasy? What can we do in this space? In virtual reality, agreeing means What can you do to your girlfriend in virtual reality to do things that you wouldn't be able to do in real life? If you use someone's portrait in virtual reality, do you need his/ their permission? If it is revenge? All these futures will be a severe test for the VR porn industry.†She is very worried that these will be integrated into cultural life like social applications, and people will therefore stay away from the flesh and blood of the real society. But McCullen dismissed this statement: "A lot of people blame the simulation dolls, but I think this is helping to alleviate social phenomena, not the culprit, some people feel lonely, and the whole day's work finally returns to an empty space. The empty houses are unaccompanied, and the simulation dolls provide alternatives for this group of people.†This debate about social morality is, rightly or wrongly, what do you think? This article is original by VR net, please indicate VR net and chain back.