To be frank vr headsets are generally bulky, tiring & uncomfortable to wear for long, sweat inducing, passthrough based grainy visibility and needs a lot of setup. Think about the average guy on the other side of the world tryna squeeze in a quick wank with whatever little private time he has. Most of the time he’s just going to fire up 2D porn and be done with it.
Studios see this too, which is why VR porn is still pretty niche. The audience just isn’t big enough yet to justify going all-in.
The only way I see mass market adoption of such a frictionless device is through smart glasses as it eliminates all these pain points while bringing sbs vr support.
Imagine 3 devices(most people already use 2 smart devices on average - their phone and smartwatch):
- smartglasses
- birdbath, prismatic or waveguide lenses(not sure which will win long-term)
- no passthrough lag or graininess since you’re literally seeing the real world directly
- lens dimming for quick ar to vr transitions
- Thin 70°+ waveguides already exist and pushing this toward 100°+ like regular VR seems like a matter of time
- compute puck
- probably non gaming focused at first, since gaming level compute adds bulk and heat. Lives in your pocket or clips somewhere, nothing fancy
- neural band (for control and navigation)
Half the world already wears glasses daily and poeple are comfortable wearing sunglasses too. And notice most of the pain points vanish. You'd use this device for your daily work just like your smartphone. This will replace smartphones at some point.
No weird looks, no social stigma.
There might be light bleed from the sides but this is solvable.
A hunch: I still expect a vr centric device for gaming, emulation, military training, etc to exist parallely.
But smartglasses will take over the bulk of vr viewing, atleast for worldwide adoption.
My guess is smart glasses will end up being the inflection point for vr porn
