When America's top sex researchers gathered recently to discuss the next decade in their field, some envisioned a future in which artificial sex partners could cater to every fantasy.
"What is very likely to be present before 2016 would be a multi-sensual experience of virtual sex," said Julia Heiman, director of the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender and Reproduction at Indiana University, Bloomington.
"There is a possibility of developing erotic materials for yourself that would allow you to create a partner of certain dimensions and qualities, the partner saying certain things in that interaction, certain things happening in that interaction."
A field dubbed "teledildonics" already allows people at two remote computers to manipulate electronic devices such as a vibrator at the other end for sexual purposes.
"People who use it are just blown away," said Steve Rhodes, president of Sinulate Entertainment, which has sold thousands of Internet-connected sex devices over the past three years. "This is not something that just the lunatic fringe does."
"The Iraq war...was kind of a boom for our company."
Gina Lynn, who writes the "Sex Drive" column for Wired magazine, says she has used and enjoyed the Sinulator and says there is no reason to fear the technology.
"People are still really afraid of...any sort of combination of sex and technology and of the Internet," she said. "What people are missing here is the point, which is the human connection that we are facilitating through the technology."
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quote:"People who use it are just blown away," said Steve Rhodes
So to speak.
quote:"The Iraq war...was kind of a boom for our company."
WTF?!
quote:"What people are missing here is the point, which is the human connection that we are facilitating through the technology."
No, I think the point people are missing is just plain old human connection. Otherwords, you're talking about expensive, high tech wanking, aren't you?
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quote:"The Iraq war...was kind of a boom for our company."
WTF?!
Thousands of troops in Iraq with their SO's on the other side of the world. A lot of them use the internet to communicate.
Virtual sex has been around since the first chatrooms started, it's hardly a new development.
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quote:Originally posted by Squishy0405: I thought it was sex with actual robots?
Well, it's certainly one hell of a way to anthromorphize (SP?) your... erm... toy?
Personally? The whole idea just makes me want to the developers...
Tho, freely admit it's perhaps the ultimate in safe sex, as long as it's all well insulated and nothing "burns off".
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And now I can't get images of Westworld out of my mind....
BB&S
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quote:Originally posted by MapleLeaf: TELEDILDONICS!
My vote for best new word EVER.
This is the second place that word has shown up in the past day or so.
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Obviously Teledildonics are taking over the planet.
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