[ExI] Kiss Device (was Re: buttload)

[Eugen Leitl]

On Fri, May 06, 2011 at 12:23:11AM -0600, Kelly Anderson wrote:
> On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 11:53 AM, spike <spike66 at att.net> wrote:
> > Speaking of which, check this:
> >
> > http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/innovation/05/05/computer.kiss.device/index.htm
> > l?hpt=T2
> >
> > You KNOW what comes next.  Whoever makes it to the market first with a
> > reasonably good set of internet enabled simugenitals will make a cubic
> > buttload of money.  Furthermore, no one will resent them for being rich.  I
> > have heard talk of this, but never actually seen it on the market.  Just to
> > be sure, perhaps I should go visit the local purveyor of such items.
> >

http://www.gizmag.com/realtouch-virtual-sex-device-for-men/14126/
 
> If you want a serious treatment of this subject, I highly recommend
> Love + Sex with Robots by David Levy. This book is not exactly for
> kids or anything, but it is a very serious visit into a weird corner
> of the future. David argues very convincingly that this WILL happen,
> and not as far out as most of us might think.
> 
> I suspect someone very soon will combine robotics with the RealDoll,
> and create an extremely expensive, amazing device that will make the
> moral majority very uncomfortable.
> 
> As for nobody resenting them, I seriously disagree with that assessment.
> 
> The nature of sex in the future is very interesting to me and worth
> watching because sex seems to be a technology leader. The first VCRs
> were frequently sold to view X rated material. Most of the early
> Internet video and video chat was sexual. Some of the first images
> available on the Internet were pornographic. The first pornographic
> moving picture was made around 1906. I haven't checked into it, but
> I'd bet the new 3d televisions have a porn connection.
> 
> Sex will clearly be the technical lead on haptic interfaces. I believe
> that it won't be any time at all before the Kinect is used in a
> serious pornographic application. There is already a pretty lame demo
> of one out there. It will be done better soon without a doubt.
> 
> As for robotics, there are a number of home made robots out there that
> are pretty astonishing, as well as kind of disturbing.
> 
> Of course, there are the mainstream and high end sex toys, including
> the Sybian that demonstrate not only that they can be effective, but
> that they can sell for a buttload of money. Just the base Sybian is
> $1315. But that's like a car without air conditioning. The Venus 2000
> for men starts at $815. The RealDoll is something around $5000. The
> overall porn industry is estimated to be somewhere between $12-$50
> Billion. The point being that there is a lot of money out there for
> this sort of stuff.
> 
> Teledildonics is going to be big!
> 
> People look at me funny when I say this stuff, but I don't see how you
> can argue with the history.
> 
> -Kelly
> 
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