VR and AR Shine at CES 2023

CES 2023 took place January 5-8 in Las Vegas and, as always, showcased, previewed, and pimped the hottest new developments in technology. From color-changing cars to robotic latte makers to the latest innovations in VR and AR, CES 2023 had many exciting products and technologies on display.

VR’s New Arrivals

Where VR is concerned, CES 2023 served up new headsets, impressive peripherals, and some truly awesome haptic feedback products that could radically change how VR porn is enjoyed. On the headset front, HTC unveiled its Vive XR Elite, covered in detail here by VRPorn.com. As impressive as the Vive XR Elite proved to be, attracting plenty of attention and approving comments from attendees, it wasn’t the only headset turning, well, heads.

HTC Vive XR Elite was unveiled at CES 2023. [Image: HTC]

Playstation VR2 very nearly stole the show from other VR devices with its great reception. [Image: Sony]

New Ways to Feel

Shiftall’s innovative FlipVR controller offers easy transitioning between using controllers or a user’s own hands. [Image: Shiftall]

Shiftall also announced standard and business editions of a SteamVR-compatible headset called MeganeX. With a price tag of $1699 (for the standard edition), these two devices seem destined to fall short of Meta Quest Pro and HTC Vive XR Elite, its two closest competitors, and was Shiftall’s less impressive product showcase this year.

The Power of Touch

Haptic devices were once again an exciting part of the VR and AR product lineup at this year’s CES, with numerous companies showcasing gloves, vests, and other peripherals designed to turn virtual experiences into more physical ones. OWO showed off a haptic gaming shirt that will allow users to feel everything from punches to a knife attack to a hug from a friend or loved one. It’s the latter possibility that’s especially exciting for VR porn fans. Though possibly not as exciting as gloves that offer both haptic feedback and force feedback. Contact CI’s Maestro glove offers both features, the force feedback component allowing users to truly feel like they’re grasping, gripping, or even groping an object (or person) in VR.

Force feedback makes Contact CI’s Maestro glove a powerful aid in increasing physical realism in VR. [Image: Contact CI]

Augmentation Imminent

TCL’s AR glasses offer style but do they lack substance? [Image: TCL]

Increasing FOV in AR devices has long been a shared goal among hardware designers. AR devices tend to limit their displays to small visible areas and essentially come across as picture-in-picture imagery. Ant Reality has made efforts to defeat this hindrance and showcased three pairs of AR glasses, the most exciting of which, Crossfire, delivers a FOV of up to 120° via microOLED displays and can switch between AR and VR during use. 

The Promise for Porn

Which of these devices and technologies become available to consumers before CES 2024 remains to be seen. All, however, point to bright futures for VR and especially AR. Porn adapted to the VR revolution and, it could be argued, has taken advantage of it far better than most forms of entertainment. Can porn make its move into AR in innovative and exciting ways? That’s damn near a certainty.