LONDON.
the interest in the cybersex is increasing as the covid-19 pandemic has left people subject to confinements i travel bans and they cannot search intimacy of the way usual, According to experience designer Angelina Aleksandrovich.
At the same time, the pandemic has also raised to one unprecedented level the disposition of the people to resort to technological solutions to theirs sexual desires.
Aleksandrovich runs a collective called Raspberry Dream Labs, which creates multisensory cybersex experiences that allow people to enjoy intimate moments together even if they are not in the same place.
Thanks to covid, many people understood how we can use technology and virtual reality in exciting and expanded ways, ”Aleksandrovich commented.
Virtual reality (RV) used to be ruled out as something only for gamers, but it has now become widespread and used in intimacy and dating, he said.
Necklaces, sensors and even aromas
At an industrial unit in north London, two volunteers demonstrate their prototype experience combining RV, augmented reality and even smell, delivered through a necklace that is placed around a neck, a device for head and sensors for hands.
Volunteers see each other as human shapes outlined through their headphones and can caress without even touching each other.
The experiment involves haptic stimulators placed on erogenous zones, which could eventually be incorporated into soft robotic underwear, Aleksandrovich said.
As he argues, if we are so happy about allowing technology to be incorporated into many aspects of daily life, such as health or finances, we should include it in the bedroom as well.
A 2019 report by US market research firm Arizton said the global market for sexual wellness products is expected to reach around $ 39 billion by 2024.
When asked what she thought of her cybersex experience, volunteer Victoria Gillett said:
I love it, it’s definitely an experience. “
A lot of things are happening and it takes time to assimilate everything. When it was over, I was almost unprepared, ”fellow volunteer Aaron Vandeyar said.
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