Sex Toys Sync with Virtual Reality Pornography for More Immersive Experience

By Jenna Owsianik, Editor-in-Chief of FutureofSex.net

May 20, 2015

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New adult VR venture turns voyeurs into participants.

Even as virtual reality headsets race to hit the consumer market, a range of immersive erotic videos already exist. Folks with Oculus Rift developer kits can plant themselves right into sex scenes for a remarkable visual experience.

But a new partnership aims to take common VR sex videos a step further by making viewers part of the physical action.

Sex tech company Lovense and adult entertainment website VirtualRealPorn [NSFW] announced Tuesday their move to integrate haptic sex toys with adult VR content. Instead of just watching, users will also feel the performers’ movements from a first-person perspective.

Mixing VR Headsets with Sex Gadgets

Lovense sells two sex devices equipped with sensors called Max and Nora, which are respectively a male sex sleeve and a vibrator. They were first marketed to connect long-distance lovers over the Internet for remote sex.

Paired with Virtual Real Porn’s stereoscopic videos, the devices will synchronize with the movement of both male and female actors. Max contracts and vibrates and Nora rotates and vibrates depending on body contact between performers and their speed.

To enjoy the interactive experience, the sex toys must be connected to a computer or phone via a Bluetooth dongle. The adult movie player will automatically recognize the devices.

Supported virtual reality headsets include the Oculus DK1 and DK2. Later this year, the venture plans to also support the Samsung Gear VR and android smartphones paired with Google Cardboard.

Images source: Lovense, VirtualRealPorn [NSFW]

Jenna Owsianik

Jenna Owsianik is a Canadian journalist and sex tech expert. Since 2014 she has been Editor-in-Chief of FutureofSex.net, the world’s leading publication on how technology is changing human sexuality, today and tomorrow.

Jenna is the primary author of the Future of Sex Report (2016).

Her expertise covers state-of-the-art sex technologies and the major fields driving innovations in intimacy: robotics, virtual reality, remote sex (teledildonics), immersive adult entertainment, human augmentation, virtual sex, and sexual health.

A trained journalist with a Masters of Journalism from The University of British Columbia, Jenna’s reporting has appeared on Futurism.com, Al Jazeera English, CTV British Columbia online, CBS Sunday Morning, CBS 60 Minutes, Global News, and CKNW Radio in Canada and the United States.

As a sex tech industry consultant, she is especially passionate about helping companies deliver accessible services and products to people with disabilities and other underserved communities.

Jenna also runs the sites SexforEveryBody.com, a sex-positive, body-positive online magazine that promotes inclusive sex education; and DisabledSexGuide.com, an adult resource on sex, disability, and erotica.

In 2013, Jenna won two Canadian Online Publishing Awards for her work on The Pain Project, a multimedia site on global access to palliative care.

She won second place at the 2011 Awards for Excellence in Health Care Journalism’s Public Health category for her participation in the documentary Freedom From Pain.

Jenna has an Honors BA in Women’s Studies and Feminist Research as well as a French minor from The University of Western Ontario. She spent a year studying at L’Université Lumière Lyon 2 in Lyon, France.