When Facebook spent $2 billion to acquire Palmer Luckey’s company in 2014, virtual reality sex games probably weren’t a top priority. But just as the porn industry has embraced Oculus Rift and virtual reality across Cardboard, , and , now so has the adult video game industry.
Pornhub has also shared figures on the popularity of Overwatch porn, following similar interest in fan-made Fallout 4 and Minecraft sex videos.
He said the technology was progressing as such a rate that last June, at a porn conference in Amsterdam, the leading providers promised to soon be able to provide “up to an hour of seamless interaction” with what Mr Cleary calls “AI sex simulating” entities.
He said the porn industry argue it is just "fantasy", but said research showed its impact on real-world sex.
From there, the hunger for more and more extreme fantasies can quickly escalate. “It’s bizarre, you tend to end up in this cycle of typing in a scenario, waiting five seconds until it comes up and, from there, chasing different scenarios — like having sex in the subway — that you can’t do in real life.” The possibilities of AI to turn an individual’s most niche fantasies into tangible images, all at the click of a button, are hugely compelling but, as my interviewee explains, it’s also potentially troubling for individuals who may struggle with compulsive porn use. “Live generation goon sessions will definitely become more popular,” he says. “I’ve seen people in Reddit threads who are like, ‘I can’t stop gooning over AI porn'. I agree — I tasted it and it was fucking addictive.”
