A couple of interesting articles on sex robots appeared in the news recently. Clickbait articles on sexbots appear daily, but these two are worth actually reading. Sex Robots Are Here But Laws Aren’t Keeping Up Another article that argues two things that I would dispute – ‘sex robots are here’, and ‘laws aren’t keeping up’.… Read More »
It has been reported in Rolling Stone magazine that sales of internet connected sex toys such as the Kiiroo Onyx+, are growing rapidly during the coronavirus crisis. The popular women’s sex toy company WeVibe, whose haptic vibrators can be controlled remotely via a smartphone app, has also reported a notable uptick in demand. This mirrors… Read More »
VR porn seems to have taken off a bit more in Japan, perhaps as you’d expect with the sheer number of digisexuals there, than it has in the West. A number of the leading studios and sites have VR porn categories that are among the most popular and frequently updated. However, most of these can… Read More »
On behalf of all American women, Comedienne Whitney Cummings declares war on sex robots. At least she’s honest about it, unlike most anti-sexbot campaigners.
A very humorous (and actually in parts quite informative!) look at the history of sexual relationships with technology. Bill Maher does actually use the word ‘digisexual’, which is why Dr Markie retweeted it – it was her and Neil McArthur who coined the term in their seminal academic paper – ‘The Rise of Digisexuality :… Read More »
BBC Science, in a leading article on the site’s homepage, acts as a loudspeaker for the calls of ‘American’ researchers (well, one American female ‘scientist’ and a rather sad British female anti-sexbot campaigner) to ban sex robots. ‘Sex robots may cause psychological damage’ is the headline. And it’s not in quotes. It’s fact. Sex robots… Read More »
Twitter is a great way to stay up-to-date with the latest news and trends in sex tech. Here’s a list of ten of the accounts that I get most value from following. Of course, you should start by following me @FutureSex_Tech Ten interesting #SexTech people and companies to follow on Twitter @Virt-A-Mate – The official… Read More »
Interesting and informative piece on digisexuality from CTV (Canadian TV) News, with a variety of perspectives including the ‘founder’ of digisexuality Neil McArthur (himself a Canadian). https://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/technology-gives-rise-to-digisexuality-an-alternative-to-human-partners-1.4747940 But with these developments, we’ve also seen swift backlash against sexual technologies, McArthur said, and he fears moral panic will only grow more intense as more digisexuals come… Read More »
YouTube video that provides a quite extensive preview of ‘Emma the Sex Robot’, or rather smart sex doll from Shenzen AI. At the end of the day, these are still simply luxury sex dolls with an Alexa stuck inside them. The sex robot revolution is still a long way off, but we have to start… Read More »
I recently argued here that there’s a danger of ‘sex robot’ manufacturers deliberately making hysteric soundbites as regards the supposed possible dangers of their products, simply in order to get some clicks and media attention. It’s already backfiring in that South Korea has become the first, and very likely not the last, to come close… Read More »
One of the more interesting articles on digisexuality appeared in the UK Metro paper a couple of months ago, I just came upon it recently. It’s attention grabbing headline states the fear that we might soon be ‘falling in love with people who don’t exist‘. This got me thinking about how ambiguous the term digisexuality… Read More »
Whilst groups claiming to be able to ‘cure’ gay men of their homosexuality are rightly condemned, it seems it’s still legit to treat digisexuality as some kind of disease that can be cured with the right loving touch. That’s if ‘the world’s largest brothel’ is to be believed, apparently claiming that their service is so… Read More »
Another media article was published on the subject of ‘digisexuals’ last week. A term that is fast growing in currency and is loosely defined as those seeking sexual fulfilment through technology. What makes this article more noteworthy is that it’s co-written by the man who coined the term itself – Neil McArthur, professor at the… Read More »
The profile of digisexuals received another boost recently with the publication of an in-depth article in the New York Post entitled – ‘Do You Take This Robot‘.. An excellent and thought-provoking article, it starts with the case of Akihiko Kondo, the 35 year old Japanese male who ‘married’ the holographic anime idol Hatsune Miko. it… Read More »
One of the new buzzwords of the last year or so has been ‘digisexuality’, a term coined to describe the lifestyle of individuals who seek sexual satisfaction through technology (‘digisexuals’). It captures the awareness that digital technology is affecting masturbation, sex, and relationships (even marriage) in ever increasingly powerful and disruptive ways. It can cover… Read More »
BadoinkVR, our pick as the number 1 VR porn site online, recently commissioned a study looking at brain activity of a headset wearer experiencing virtual reality porn, with the aim of establishing if there is any notable differences with the experience of watching ordinary 2D porn. Although the study was not large, it was probably… Read More »
According to Lisa Peyton, a technology journalist for VentureBeat, ‘hyper-real’ intimiate experiences are one of ‘ten ambitious predictions for how AR and VR will shape our world‘. She quotes a sex therapist – Dr Holly Richmond – who is also a writer hoping to ‘normalize sex tech’, who believes that eventually most first dates and… Read More »