• SLR

  • How do we make SLR cool?

justsomedude101 Dezyred is a good example, even if imho the execution was very poor. Execute it better, make it into a true VR gaming experience, and that would be pretty big.

Dezyred has been such a consistent disappointment, especially because they're the only ones operating in that space at the moment.

They got it right with their first game and then ran as far as they could in the other direction. The whole game was two girls, one house, but you spent so much time interacting with the two of them it made the eventual sex a lot more rewarding. When I see a woman in a scene, I already know I'm going to see them fuck. I'm willing to wait for it. Spending time with them, doing things together, joking or teasing with them, making them feel like real characters, that's the good stuff that got ignored in their newer games.

That's always my answer whenever one of these "what can we do better" threads pops up; set-ups, stories, context, immersion. It feels like modern directors are terrified to spend more than 30 seconds of runtime on anything other than sex. I want different genres, directing styles, concepts. There's a lot of ground that 2D porn has been covering for years and years that still hasn't even been attempted in VR.

      petergriff my biggest surprise is that we havenā€™t got any single movie that would be huge and would make people buy headset. It means the problem is in the format I guess. It just has to be different

          One thing that I love about you guys is that you're not "SomethingSomethingVR." You're "SexLikeReal." Period. You're not constrained by VR, even if your customer base is full of people who came here to enjoy VR content.

          To me, "Sex Like Real" should be about (1) touch, (2) immersion/control, and (3) intimacy/mind games. No. 1 is already covered by funscripts (3D, 2D), 2 is VR and expanded to BYOJ so that content does not feel "robotic" and scripted + passthrough, of course, and 3 is tough. Maybe it's time to delve into videogames? (be EXTREMELY cautious here) Or having models offer content and 1-1 time with customers Ć” la OnlyFans? Or offering custom content? (Eve Sweet already sells custom VR vids on her OF), or maybe explore with some GPT models to create virtual waifus for real now? (https://www.sexlikereal.com/scenes/multicam-virtual-waifu-with-skylar-vox-14892).

          IDK...

            SLR can stand out from other western VR sites by doing/advertising these:

            • SLRO: Longer scenes with story. SLRO is the only studio still routinely (albeit somewhat a decreased frequency) release 1h+ long scenes. Vanilla scenes = better to watch 2D porn. Good pairing of actresses which SLRO is doing quite well already.

            • Related to above, storylines/series of scenes. Even better if subscribers can have a say in it. Like a proper version of Dezyred. SLRO's Getaway series, Blake's Magazine and Modern Relationship (and hopefully the Euro series by Nash later this year) are good starting points.

            • Nail intimacy, try out different things. Body worship, spit exchange, face/ear licking, caressing, (post-orgasm) cuddling. These are intimate, immersive things that are surprisingly not seen in western VR porn frequently.

            • Allow more user-suggested scenes. Not saying every scene should be that but at least give us subscribers a bit of say.

            • The SLR website is good but please get rid of the "beta" warning whenever I try to access it. More timely presentation of previews and upcoming scenes (right now it is good, 5 on the queue with some much-anticipated Euro scenes later this month). There should be a large banner on the main SLRO website to show off the latest scenes (like in VRB).

              doublevr to me, that happens because there are a TON of content creators out there. From a thousand, if only one gets big and innovates, the platform will improve overall.

              I don't know if there's a barrier to entry, like equipment for VR, or creators not knowing that they can script their vids for sex toys, IDK, but there's got to be something you guys could do to drive fresh, amateur GIRLS (not the standard producer) to put content and interact with the community.

                doublevr That's because many scenes feel like they're just cranked out with no real heart or care. Need to put all our heart and soul into making a great experience and eventually it will be something you can't miss out on. Marketing can then give a taste or previews of that to really hook people in and have them take the plunge.

                  doublevr If you have never seen a VR porn video before and have no idea what you're missing, how can you check it out nowadays before spending a substantial amount on proper equipment? The SLR get started guidance says: Buy a Q2! I would not have done that without even knowing what to expect, while I was okay with spending 30 bucks on some phone headset.

                    Man, what a tough thing to try and solve. Having experienced the coming and going of the 3D "fad" many years ago, it's definitely hard to be objective without drawing from past experience. VR is still widely considered a niche, and of course VR porn would then be a niche within a niche in my opinion. It's going to be hard to attempt to grow the overall VR user base when you are merely a niche within a niche. It's not impossible but it will definitely be like swimming against the current.
                    I would focus on growing your niche within the niche you belong in first, general VR users. Estimates for 2023 show that there are roughly 60 million headsets out in the wild.

                    What is your current penetration of that market? (pardon the pun)
                    Obviously not all 60 million may be active, a lot of people probably own multiple headsets, regardless, at best you have 60 million potential VR users at worst, a lot less, for the sake of argument I would say that it can be as low as 30-40 million individual owners, some having multiple headsets.
                    How many subscribers do you currently have? Are you in the thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, millions? I have no idea and perhaps you have already shared some of this insight before, but if I were to guess, I would say probably tens of thousands? Maybe over 100k users?
                    Unless I am grossly underestimating the number of users you have then that would be a very low "penetration" of the overall VR user base. Also, a lot of users may be underage, how many? Hard to tell, I found a survey from 2022 that said 17% of users under 18 years of age owned a VR headset and at least 1/4 of tweens had at least tried VR out. The actual numbers could be very different, I personally think more than 20% of total VR users are under 18, specially since Meta lowered the age requirement from 13 to 10, I think they are trying to grow their long term userbase sooner by allowing younger children to come into their eco system.
                    Anyways, my point is that I highly doubt you have saturated the total adult VR userbase, even if half the projected VR users were to be underage, that would still be anywhere from 15-30 million potential adult VR users (estimates based on my previous estimates above) So unless you tell us that you do have several million active subscribers I would say your main focus is to target more adult VR users because you have not saturated the market enough to try and move on to bigger and more innovative things.
                    I love your innovations and strides to further the tech, but realize that your are digging yourself further and further into deeper niches that only your already existing user base will be aware of and appreciate, like those of us who are huge fans of your PT developments over the past couple of months. It's a super niche audience.

                    I personally don't even remember how i even stumbled upon your website and I have been consuming porn for a long time and have been using VR since the oculus DK1 days, I personally think you need to work on your marketing and target more active adult VR users. Sure some will simply not be interested in porn but some will, I dont know what type of conversion is considered successful in porn or VR porn for that matter, but if you can at least convert 5-10% of your targeted audience, it should be a win. I would strongly recommend focusing on using social media and clever content creators to help drive more users using an affiliate program. OnlyFan models do it all the time and seem to be quite successful at it, I cant tell you how many times I have come across a beautiful girl on tiktok doing some eye catching content only to realize she was just marketing herself on the platform and by the number of followers their tiktok accounts I had, I can only imagine how many users they were gaining with that strategy even if their conversion was only in the 5-10%. I personally never come across any advertisement for your site anywhere online, maybe im not your typical user but I would never know about your service. The closest thing I would probably come across as a regular VR user would be your DeoVR app and even then, I would have no idea the company is tied to SLR in any way.

                    So that would be my biggest recommendation.

                    Or offer Belle Delphine a boat load of cash for a scene. Everyone has a price, get her and THEY will CUM

                    Seriously, you guys should experiment with the content structure a little more, do non POV VR stuff, lean a little more on the creativity side, experiment with that not jus the tech. VR porn seems very rigid and structured right now.

                    Imagine if you had Belle Delphine and let her make some creative decisions on the shoot, so it's not just a POV fuck, but give her some free reign to do some of her lunacy in a non POV format but shot in VR, giving us the experience of being a floating head around her and up-close as she interacts with us and herself. Then you can also shoot your POV scene, but I would personally probably enjoy the other stuff more. It's like the old saying that people would rather watch great content on lower resolution than shit content on the highest resolution. It's all about the content and engagement and right now the engagement part of VR Porn is very stiff in my opinion (pardon the pun) Very repetitive and the only variance really is just what model it's this time all the positions and sequence of events are pretty much always recycled.

                    Get someone truly entertaining and engaging and with a following and give them some creative freedom along with your standard sex scene before or after and I bet you will have a winner.

                      I think I found Sex Like Real after I discovered VR porn on the Quest 1 which lead me to the Handy and the Handy listed SLR as one of their primary partners .

                      I think the biggest way to increase interest in SLR would be to add Previews that people unfamiliar with VR Porn can stumble upon . Is it possible to put video intros that have pretty girls clothed and leading up to the sex On Youtube or another website ? is it possible To post A weekly free video that anyone can access here on SLR ? For Members and the curious alike?

                      Porn is a unique media in that I think most people consume it only when they are horny or bored looking to get horny . So the thing is you have to give their horny bored, curiosity a taste and hope they make SLR their go-to place for VR porn content.

                      It only took a few VR porn videos before I became super interested in VR Porn in general and I think A lot of VR Porn is still relatively unknown .

                      I think the SLR + Handy ( or your new haptic device) messaging should be much more pronounced. Having someone like Karma RX or some other smokeshow stroke a cucumber for a minute straight while making some sexy ASMR noises and light dirty talk , have Real Cucumber script that , show a Handy or other device moving along with the strokes in a Youtube video and I think you'll stoke a lot of curiosity if that pops up online.

                      I feel like the weirdest thing about VR Porn is how quiet the notion of " feeling the girls" you watch is to the general public. I've been watching porn for a long ass time and how many times have I fantasized how it would be to fuck a pornstar and SLR has a portal where you can do that to hundreds of women as often as you like ? I think this is kind of a criminally undersold aspect of SLR and Haptic VR porn in general .

                      Granted I know the moment that message gets out there the media outrage will be INSANE but also let's be real how often have people been outraged publically and stroking their dicks privately?

                        doublevr . While we are doing all the cool tech things it has to be content winning hearts and souls

                        Indeed.

                        Voice controlled interactive would be way cool. For example, the performer asks what the viewer wants to see next and then does what the viewer says.

                        Haptics that stimulate more than just genitals would be very good and immersive as well.

                        Discovering and producing great new performers would be cool.

                        Adult games? I don't play many games--would they increase engagement? I've tried a couple on steam and they suck. They would need to be very good.

                          Vrsumo2017 have a hottie sitting bedside reading me a bed time storie.

                          This be pertty good as an intro, bedtime story didn't help me sleep so we try something else šŸ˜

                              well with how prevalent gaming is and anime with alot of the younger crowd of legal age, Cosplay would be very eye catching. so much potential and obviously you have fans of the original shows im sure going crazy over seeing a hot character from a show they watch becoming a porn parody . But apply the same story setup with how you did with Lexi Luna and Prestine. Crystal Chaseā€™s scene as Tsunade šŸ˜, Chloe surreal in her Senpai scene, Violet Myers in her My Hero Academia scene, and if you have seen Jewelz Blue in her many cosplay scenes, just wow. It literally attracts plenty of the younger crowd who would be potentially new customers .

                              doublevr I don't think the goal should be to become tiktok, it is a completely different business model
                              This is porn, once guys are done they stop watching so retention is not gonna be the same

                              For marketing, I'd make 3-5 great videos free to watch, then advertise this

                              If you care about retention (not sure why), look at the edging videos, those probably do well in terms of viewtime I imagine:
                              https://www.sexlikereal.com/scenes/precum-from-the-edge-with-latex-nurse-31800
                              https://www.sexlikereal.com/studios/vredging?sort=most_favorite

                                Kolaches They want ideas to grow, well then there they go hahaha
                                Could you imagine that type of collab shot on their new hacked 8k canon system, the hype something like that would get online and on social media, it would literally break the internet haha