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See Visions of Cybersex Suits and Teledildonics from the 1990s

By Jenna Owsianik
March 27, 2018
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Two projects, one real and one imaginary, envisioned a future of sex we’re still waiting for. 

The Cybersex Duo System

In 1992, Future Sex magazine took a speculative look at what cybersex gear might look in the years ahead. Conceived by writer and software designer Mike Saenz, the Cybersex Duo System (CSEX 2 System) consisted of a pair of male and female cybersex suits.

“You may consider this to be a work of erotic science fiction or a blue print of Future Sex,” Saenz wrote.Hypothetical prototypes of cybersex gear and accessories.

The above image shows off the different equipment envisioned. Together making up the fantasy CSEX 2 System, they offer 3D stereo H.U.D., a TDV Tactile Data Playback System, simulated skin components, and 3D audio.

Woman wears a fictional cybersex suit.Man in fictional cybersex suit.

Inside the control helmets are stereoscopic displays, allowing each model to hypothetically see their cybersex partner.

Many thanks to Kyle Machulis (qdot) and Mike Dank (famicoman) for uploading copies of the 1990s Future Sex magazine to the Internet Archive. The CSEX 2 photos are from the second issue.

 

CyberSM

In 1993, the CyberSM suit premiered as the first of its kind: a full-body multisensory communication system. Developed by artist and professor Stahl Stenslie and Kirk Woolford, it connected users in Paris, France, and Cologne, Germany.

A black remote sex suit called CyberSM that was on display at the Museum of Sex in New York City.

Above the teledildonics suit is shown on display at the Museum of Sex in New York City in July 2008.

“CyberSM allows users to build ‘virtual bodies’ and then anonymously converse and control physical stimulation provided by the CyberSM suit of another user,” said press material from the display.

Better yet, check out CyberSM in action by viewing the NSFW video below.

In a statement released by the Museum of Sex, Stenslie said that despite strong media interest in the 1990s, nothing like his CyberSM project has been created since.

The ways we currently use the Internet are not even remotely close to utilizing multisensory communication like CyberSM did. One of my goals was to use the arts as a subversive arena to critique the blind belief in modern media. In 1993 we were at the height of the hype surrounding virtual reality. Then the project created an even greater hype–the dream of instant pleasure gratification through the technology of cybersex.

CyberSM was almost eaten alive by hungry, stunned journalists. On the one hand, it narrowed the scope of the project; on the other, it permitted me to experiment with Real Media. Between 1994 and 1996 the project appeared in all major European magazines and on television.

Teledildonic sex toys do exist, but Stenslie is right that we’re nowhere close to having a suit similar to CyberSM, or even CSEX2 for that matter.

But the infamous teledildonics patent expires in August 2018. Maybe we won’t have to wait too much longer for something like the above systems, or perhaps the Tesla suit, to come to market.

Image sources: Future Sex magazine, Chris Ainsworth

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.
  
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