- Title: Virtual reality porn offers new thrills at CES Las Vegas
- Date: 6th January 2017
- Summary: LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, UNITED STATES (JANUARY 5, 2017) (REUTERS) CES EXHIBITION HALL
- Embargoed: 21st January 2017 03:11
- Keywords: Porn CES Virtual Reality Naughty America
- Location: LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, UNITED STATES/UNIDENTIFIED FILM LOCATIONS
- City: LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, UNITED STATES/UNIDENTIFIED FILM LOCATIONS
- Country: USA
- Topics: Science
- Reuters ID: LVA0015XXYHY3
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Adult film company Naughty America is using virtual reality (VR) technology to take the adult film industry in a new direction by giving viewers a more immersive and "intimate" viewing experience.
Making their debut at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas on Thursday (January 5), the San Diego-based company's VR titles take viewers inside the pornography, according to Naughty America's CIO Ian Paul.
"So we're here at CES 2017 showcasing Naughty America virtual reality. This is virtual reality porn so it's a completely immersive experience, you're actually inside of the pornography and you can look up, down, left and right and have a very immersive, intimate experience," said Paul.
VR technology is a major growth area for Naughty America and the adult industry as a whole, with Paul saying their VR revenue has shot up by 350 percent since November 2016.
"It's absolutely disruptive, I mean once you try this technology, going back to a 2 by 2 box to look at porn just doesn't cut it," he said.
"Essentially you sign up for a membership to our site, you download the movie that you want to watch to the device that you're using, whether it's a Samsung Gear VR, an Oculus Rift or an HTC Vive, or many of the other platforms that we support. You download it and you put on your goggles and there you go, you play away," he explained.
Paul said Naughty America offers its subscribers two new VR titles a week, but there may not be something for all adult tastes.
"I wouldn't say there's something for everyone just because people have a diversity of interests when it comes to adult content. Our brand is fairly focused on well-known performers doing things that aren't extreme. So it's definitely porn, it's definitely entertaining but they're not doing things that, you know, you might get in trouble for watching or feel embarrassed by," said Paul.
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