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PSVR is finally shipping. After a long waiting since the first time it has been announced, the third big player of modern virtual reality (the other two ones are Oculus and Vive, of course) is finally entering the market. This headset will not be a technical improvement with respect to the other ones. Instead, it will be worse: lower resolution, less ergonomic controllers, less powerful machine it is connected to (a PS4 is less powerful than a VR-ready PC). The only thing that it seems to be better than the other ones is the comfort of the HMD. So, if it does not represent a technical innovation of any kind, why is this launch so important?
Well, virtual reality had huge forecasts for 2016. Millions of headset should have been sold according to analysts, but the sad truth is that the adoption rate is going to be much slower than the predicted one, maily due to the prices of the headsets. A complete Oculus setup (Oculus + Touch) costs 800$ plus it needs a PC of at least 1000$ (yes, Oculus has lowered the specs, but if you want to live true VR you have to own a VR-ready PC). Only innovators, visionaries, hard gamers and fools like me are going to invest this amount of money just to experience a new technology. Other more normal people are waiting, or buying a Cardboard-like headset just to see how VR is. But with PSVR these rules are going to change: PSVR works out of the box with a Playstation 4 and costs only $400. This means that every PS4 owner, spending “only” $400 can experience high-end virtual reality…and that’s huge: the entry barrier is really low. Considering that in the world there are more than 40millions of Playstation 4 (think about this number a bit…40 MILLIONS), this means that the user base of PSVR is going to be really big. According to a common thought, PSVR will just outperform every other headset in the short run, so it is going to become the most important headset in the next months! Developers and companies of every kind are going to put lot of interest into this market, and obviously adult companies will not be different. So, let’s think for a moment: how will be porn for PSVR?
A super-sexy girl… imagine how would be cool to meet her in virtual reality!
I think that porn for PSVR will not be that different from porn running on Oculus, because the technology of virtual reality is quite the same. The problem with this new platform is that Sony is standing firmly against porn (they didn’t allow the use of Blue-ray for porn…), so surely they will not allow the development of some VR-porn-oriented applications. So, how to solve this issue? Well, nothing can stop mankind in using porn :). Indeed, when PS4 came to light, people started using it for porn immediately!. The solution is twofold:
- A general purpose app, that can be used for porn, too. For example, a video player that lets you download and see any kind of VR video, including adult ones;
- A web-enabled app, that is a website accessible through PS4 browser, hoping that PS4 browser starts enabling WebVR (but it would be stupid not enabling it, since WebVR will be huge in the future). Once you have a browser, you can access any kind of VR website, including adult ones. This would be also an advantage for existing VR porn website, because they would only need to optimize compatibility with PS4 to work out of the box.
So, we now know how to access VR porn. But what kind of porn can we imagine for this new platform?
The dominant adult entertainment type will surely be 180° 3D adult videos (the one that you also find on this website!). Why? Because this is the form of porn that is most effective in virtual reality: quality of VR 3D videos is impressive and they make you feel like you were really there, among those girls (or boys) doing all those awesome stuff to you. Technology has to be improved (maybe giving videos positional tracking, reducing the distortions or augmenting the field of view to more than 180°), but it’s already a lot impressive.
“Taking care of you”, one of the most beautiful videos on Virtual Real Porn… maybe we’ll be able to see it on PSVR, too
I imagine there will be lots porting of some existing video players (I mean general-purpose ones like DeoVR or Whirligig) to this new platform, so that to exploit this new medium. In the end PS owners will be able to experience the same quality VR porn videos of PC owners. Obviously I hope that lots of people will experience vrporn.com videos through PSVR, too.
Besides porn videos, I imagine that Hentai-like games will be a thing, too. Raise your hands if you want Lula 3D to become a game for PSVR (ok, you can raise only your left hand… since if you’re here, I imagine the other one is quite busy). I was on /r/oculusnsfw on reddit since the first times, when people just made a dancing cartoon girl game in Unity and published it saying “look at this new porn demo!” (and I was like… ehm…with much imagination maybe I can think this as porn) and I can say you that Hentai like games are less immersive than videos, but they can trigger more imagination, they can convey a longer story and make you more psychologically involved into the sexy world of the game. So, a long sexy game for PSVR would be great: surely it would require some game studio to invest some money in this new technology, but with the premise of a great user base, I hope that someone is going to invest in it. We’re on a console and console means gaming, so an adult game would be ideal.
3D sexy woman… this one would be very interesting in a VR game
Expanding the idea of gaming, we could also have multiplayer games, which means VR world, obviously adult oriented. Imagine if you can seat on your couch, wear your PSVR and then meet interesting people from all over the world. Everyone with his/her own avatar, everyone just horny and ready to have some fun with the others. I mean, computer generated content is great, but interacting with other real people of this world is something that’s always better, because people are real and can surprise you every time. Virtual chat rooms like Red Light Center can become a thing for PSVR too, and due to the big user base they could become finally interesting, because an empty virtual world is quite boring, while a full one becomes interesting. Of course the problem will be always the same one (how many girls own a Playstation and want to own a VR headset? Surely a lot less than the men), but the potential is endless. Meet with people from all over the world and live perverted moments with them, tasting how different cultures handle sex.
These will be in my opinion the main three drivers of porn for Playstation VR. I think that it will become quite interesting. Concerning both the adult and non-adult worlds, I’m really curious about how this new ecosystem will evolve, because it will be the first one with millions of people in it (after Cardboard and GearVR, but these are mobile headsets), so looking its evolution we will learn lots of things. And you? Are you going to buy a PSVR headset? Are you interested in using it for porn? And which kind of porn? Let me know in the comments!
I asked this on the other PSVR porn post, and I’ll put it here, maybe you know the answer:
Any idea how to get vr videos to work in Media Player? Sony says it’s possible, but I don’t see the VR option they’re talking about.
Well, the answer is to select the “VR mode” option. I’ve read that you must own the last version of Media Player, otherwise this option is not present. https://www.reddit.com/r/PSVR/comments/57gesf/lots_of_youtube_360_videos_work_in_media_player/
Now i have more reasons to buy a PS4, though it’s still mainly for normal gaming
I already order one and waiting for experience VR porn
Let us know your impressions, then!
I consider getting this rather than the expensive oculus.
If you already have a PS4… why not?
Anyway Oculus + PC have more performance, if you care about it