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Ausikandoo She would be a fantastic catch and the hype would almost certainly be unreal, but sadly my understanding is that she has no interest in shooting VR

Bucket619 Ausikandoo

Fortunately it doesn't really come up too often tbh, definitely the significant minority of performers.

I have no actual answers tbh, just guesses...but I would guess it just comes down to personal preference. For some performers, shooting a scene while staring at a giant camera rig and pretending it's a person's face probably just doesn't seem appealing.

They might consider it to be less intimate for them to shoot on the set, even if the end result is far MORE intimate for users vs 2d content.

Again, just my personal take.

justsomedude101 That’s one of my appeals to non-POV. It seems like the sex is more genuine. It might be worth offering to models that don’t want to stare at camera.

blaze466 On a personal level I don't disagree, but it becomes a pretty big "gray area" of whether it's worth shooting a performer, however popular, if their scene is going to be only "so-so" in terms of views.

A non-POV scene, whoever the performer, is almost certainly going to be less popular than a standard POV VR scene, so it's a bit of a tough gamble.

justsomedude101 The only performer I have a good idea on the reason they won't do VR, it was about the length of the shoot compared to 2d. I totally agree that staring right into a camera must be hard to get used to though.

I definitely think that some performers are enough of a draw that non-POV becomes worth it- it's already something we've been discussing. Watch this space, I guess.

blaze466 so like voyeur scenes ?

Bucket619 Yeah

justsomedude101 I get it. I’m a lifetime sub, so you won’t lose me either way. But I think mixing it up sometimes can get you new subscribers, even if total view count is lower. It is appealing to a different market segment. In this case, it would be a new model and different style. Just be transparent about it before it is released.

I have honestly been kind of bored with the new SLR Originals. I’m not mad. There are some decent ones sprinkled in occasionally. But they seem to very much try to appeal to certain core group of users. I am curious if, from an analytics standpoint, you identify different market segments and strategize how to increase those viewers as well.

blaze466 I don't think anyone here is opposed to doing things like that, and even though it may have sounded like I was saying "no" to that sort of thing looking back at my comment, we do it pretty frequently.

That's why we've had releases like the gloryhole scenes or the "voyeur" non-POV version of some of the harems. Or why we sometimes shoot scenes like the recent bbg Anissa Kate, or the Passthrough scenes, or the SLR JAV scenes, or the occasional gangbang/bukkake scene. We pretty much know that there will be complaints from some users since they're not "standard" scenes, and we're aware that the scenes may not perform as well, but there's a whole bunch of reasons why we'll continue to release scenes that don't necessarily fall into the standard "vanilla" category. Whether that's to bring in different segments of the market as you mentioned, or simply a passion project like the Harem scenes are.

Non-POV is no different really. Just a matter of being the right circumstances to warrant it. In this specific case though, I don't believe Sky is interested at all. Not saying it'll never happen, of course.

justsomedude101 Agreed. And I’m not so much lobbying for her. Just want to make sure to that you all continue to listen to the quieter crowds. I do appreciate you guys.