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very seriously option now for me it is a niche market for a very special clientele in japan however the concept has really taken off even special stores here where you can have completely new experiences with. perhaps more with the idea after all i took a look at one of the stores in tokyo. asking about in tokyo the district is. computer games alex rawlings and the pornography the company soft on demand alone operate 70 special b r 6 dogs in japan it's one of the largest producers of pornography films in asia. here you can see employees faces to keep things discreet i asked to book a one hour of the hour package it costs almost 1000 yen about 8 year old all god stuff in these cities have venues like this. can be rented for up to 3 hours there

are 3 different options reclining chair reclining mat all flat i chose reclining mat. my booth was on the 2nd floor i'm one meter 93 tall and felt pretty claustrophobic on the way up. in the booth i found the our glasses handkerchiefs and telephone slippers and countless options it was a little bit confusing to be honest. like in the a lot of people you don't know that either because 50 percent of people come here foreigners so they have a special service for that i will call for help. help me set up and stop of ya feel the film's a shot from a subjective camera angle so depending on where the u.s. seated are lying down you will be watching a different film with the corresponding settings. you can see your own virtual body so this video here wouldn't have made much sense if i had been sitting

upright. the sex industry would not be going to those technological length if we didn't expect to profit illegal porn streaming and private providers have resulted in considerable losses in recent years gamble only time will tell whether the op one really does offer a way out of the crisis more and more videos are becoming available online but what's the attraction. no mortal in tokyo is one of japan's leading producers. so. when you watch a p.r. on a t.v. or a p.c. screen it's usually from a bird's eye view of the real v.a.r. emphasizes the experience much more. the customer feels as if he could really touch the girl that he has real eye contact or that he can feel her breath next to his ear. so the media it's

a completely different view or perspective to a standard movie that. i found the unusual perspective unsettling. first impression it's really very detailed a little bit weird to watch to be honest because the woman in that clip i just saw shoot this distortion is linked to the distance between our pupils which is different for every person the images are set to a standard this this doesn't correspond to the eyes of the person wearing the glasses the proportions will be distorted. the filmmakers of soft on demand produce the with us in this studio everything here is why. this ensures that the background isn't distracting and allows the producers to better direct of us focus. on what my mother the strength of b.r.

is that it enables different forms of interaction was taken the could allows you to get to a place you couldn't get to before so into action is the magic word this combination of technology and emotion is something that can be found most of all in japan according to a novel in a high the british author and podcast focuses on ethical issues related to digital technologies. amazing innovation and. if you think. a lot of people in a lot of places are very expressive of that affection technology and you may end up going into a great relationship ok i kind of love my smartphone too but that's as far as it goes some of the observations already enable you to build your dream does that really create deeper connections. being able to configure a virtual partner like in a computer game and having custom made avatars thanks to computer generated images

this is a future v.a.r. producer yasha moto finds promising. will be possible to design individual body parts such as breasts waist or hips to create your ideal woman with the help of c.g.i. you could. sex therapist dr michelle paid to refine this technology problematic he says even normal porn films already create unrealistic expectations in his patients . and now we're reaching a new level here the user can actually select his or her ideal partner's body. but the consequence of this would be that any real life partner would end up being compared to this fantasy product. how does it constitute missing lots. natalie no high also worries about consequences this comparison can handle she researches ethical issues surrounding did you don't technologies. human

being and believes about so it's actually quite a complex issue if you end up real beings humans trying to emulate. themselves in order to look more like natural reality count models real people trying to look more like virtual of a tot's sounds pretty dubious to me but they are already reports about people having plastic surgery for that reason cutting edge technology and the sex industry seem a good match for not review has long been a driver for technological advancements but a passion boss the author of the erotic engine is certain that without tomography the internet would not have grown so quickly not convinced well you know some examples online payment systems without paper on size the payment would be a simple and secure as it is today online streaming without with streaming software developed for pornography sites media platforms will struggle to deliver news clips online advertising without advertising from sec size many free internet services

wouldn't exist and now we are even in the development of sex toys experiments are being made with virtual reality and for once the products on offer are not mainly targeted at and that we are one. this explanation of surprise is from an ad by dutch sex toy manufacturer the company offers a vibrator that can be linked to v.r. glasses by an apple special vibrations which correspond to less happening in the film or transmitted by the gadget. of course there are similar products for men to for example virtual made a device for men that works with. we are and real time sensors and promise is a realistic and erotic experience. such devices can also be linked using apps and controlled remotely by someone's partner possibility that some couples find appealing. but i think nothing that

enables us to relate more fully with someone else especially when so many of us are at distance well for instance in a pandemic if you look in different cities. it's going. to express your desire for the other partner and it's a different way and so i think it is designed to create a connection in a way that people want and that's one. sense of the cover of night and pandemic began digital adult entertainment services have become more popular well direct physical contact is rather difficult at the moment especially for singles the us porn web site pornhub as reza says up to 25 percent more hits on its site this year and if people really miss physical contact that's why research is currently being conducted about how to make virtual experiences even better one promising possibility special suits that simulate touch and warmth. and technology when.

your assets in could be really powerful because it gives us physical cues it's a. digital touch and that's going to be much more pleasurable and much more real. and just having some. auditory. soft on demand in tokyo is currently working on integrating additional sensations the goal is to eventually include all of our senses in the v.r.t. experience. at the moment we're testing new technologies to make the v.o.r. experience even better for this for example we're working on a technology for smells like a woman's mouth to thank you. now feel taste prospects seem dizzying already offers the possibility to slip into other characters or our bodies or for example to playfully change sex if we are not a muscle acting for an appetite its sense of anonymity can give us

a great feeling of freedom to disclose and to be honest and. able to express things that we might otherwise and difficult so i think given the reality of is that possibility it is very possible that we can be more insular that could technology really help us to better understand our own sexuality and so to gain a better understanding of others in real relationships it's an interesting thought if you like. i might maybe one day all of us will not only want to have sex in our bedrooms but in the dream worlds that are most exciting for us on the common sense that. that would be one way i could see virtual reality providing exciting possibilities for users in everyday life. not just with pornography but for couples as well you know not service you are so come on certain. to be our sector is expecting the market to grow to 13 and a half 1000000000 euros by 2022 and this includes sex products after all many

people enjoy exploring new options we are very adaptive as humans and we can learn to find things as exciting and erotic and normal given the amount of time to get used to it so yeah i think a lot of us will end up expanding our sexual records income that's that remains to be seen we're quite a way are really natural the king and i and i think a certain point we might end up singing but in the other direction and one seeing real physical human contact with other human beings. what do you think what do you try adrià sex do with technology and feelings go together share your opinions with us on facebook on d w dot com if you want to know more about. a reality check out our educational that's it for me thank you your next hour.

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