Porn and virtual reality, a new horizon
From their very conception, video games are a leisure product designed to create an immersive experience. That is, getting the player “into” the story, in a way almost literal sometimes. Good games are those that make us abstract from the outside world, because they require all of our concentration. Either because of its difficulty, as can happen with some of the original ones like Pacman and Tetris, or because of its absorbing story and created world, as with Zelda or Elder RingHigh quality monitors and headphones with surround sound have precisely helped make this experience much more realistic. We get into the world of the game and before we realize it we have spent hours playing, without anything from the outside requiring us. The next step in this search for total immersion are virtual reality glasses, a gadget that has given a lot of talk in recent years, but that has not yet reached its maximum development point.
After almost a decade of launches of different devices, the moment we are in 2023 is very similar to where we started. These glasses are now somewhat cheaper, but their technological capacity is still not enough to move large games. In fact, any computer already needs a very powerful card to be able to offer a good experience in the most modern games. VR glasses like Galaxy Gear, Occulus or Vibe have been another step in technological immersion, but not the definitive step. In fact, the world of video games has not benefited as much from this advancement as the porn industry. And virtual reality glasses have indeed served to take the experience of POV videos to a new level within adult cinema. Porn, which has always been a sector open to technological advances, has found in virtual reality a new universe in which to expand. With its pros and cons, like any other preview, but very interesting in the sense of offering an experience much closer to the real thing for viewers.