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Future of Sex Report X E S E T O M E R Future of Sex Report Jenna Owsianik Ross Dawson FutureofSex.net Future of Sex Introduction In a rapidly changing world many aspects of our lives are being transformed by technology, including how we feel and express our sexuality. Among many other innovations, we can communicate instantly with lovers, near and far, making long-distance relationships workable and lustful gratification with new partners easier to satisfy. Robotics, virtual reality, and extraordinary scientific innovations are expanding how we can express and experience sexuality through our five senses. Breakthroughs in biological and Table of Contents neurological science are opening manifold erotic possibilities. Introduction 1 At FutureofSex.net our mission is to help people understand the Future of Sex Landscape 2 Remote Sex possibilities and implications of how sex is evolving, so they are 3 Virtual Sex 7 better prepared for the coming transformation of human sexuality, Robots 11 potentially far beyond what we have ever before imagined. We have Immersive Entertainment 15 prepared this report to offer insights into where the future of sex is Augmentation 19 Authors heading. Enjoy, share with your friends, and start a conversation on 23 About 24 what you would like to happen! 1 FutureofSex.net 3D-printed sex toys Erotic personality Gynoid and Invite your dream Interactive software downloads android sexbots partner home Long-distance storylines Connected pillows kissing devices Robotic sex gurus Therapeutic sexbots Sex "holodeck" Immersive VR with touch Full-body Live haptic telepresence webcam shows Open-source sex Artificial skin and Blended sexual robot parts interactive genitals realities Emotion transmission I Celebrity sex M Sex devices integrated AI-enhanced sex dolls surrogates M to entertainment Smartphone remote-controlled E X Former lover Erotic artificial R sex toys E S Sex with hologram S doppelgangers intelligence Connected I of celebrity crush V dildos and Open-source E Participatory sex sleeves T E sexual hardware erotic stories E Immersive sex and software O N education Social networks with M R E OBOTS T Choose your touch interfaces E R R own sensual T adventure A IN M V N E Sex avatars IR FUTURE OF SEX IO N Cybersex T T Biohacking T you can feel U A A LANDSCAPE T genitals L N Zoomorphic sex E Neurological S Sexual cyborgs Track and enhance E M sexual performance interfaces X G Avatar sex workers U Sexual prostheses and Augmented reality to Massively multiplayer A lab-grown genitals enhance partners online sex games Living out erotic Erotic mindmelding fantasies AI sex performance Total immersion with coaching your virtual lovers Orgasm amplification Long-distance For detailed insights relationships and go to Pleasure enhancing 3D interactive hookups Shared and crowd implants and sex worlds FUTUREOFSEX.NET orgasms contraception Future of Sex What Is It? Remote sex is sex between two or more people who are not in the same place, yet are connected through the Internet. People often use electronic sex toys, operated by computers or devices Remote that use data, to boost the experience and share pleasure. They transmit sensations through touch sensors to help long-distance Sex partners arouse each other in real time. Image source: Lovense futureofsex.net V N IR IO T T U A A T L N S E E M X G U A Future Remote of Sex Sex State of the Art Super-Connected Interactive Participatory Teledildonic Sex Toys Sex Shows Porn Virtual Sex Various “smart” vibrators and male sex Webcam sites such as Smart sex toys like Vstroker can Worlds sleeves, such as Kiiroo’s Pearl and Onyx Flirt4Free feature models control the action of adult videos, devices, interact with each other through who use Internet-connected so when a viewer thrusts, the Computer-generated worlds desktop and mobile platforms, mimicking the sex toys. Instead of viewers erotic content changes to match and massively multiplayer feeling of physical sex and sending the simply watching adult the pace. New partnerships online sex games like Red Light sensations over long distances. Products for entertainers perform, they between adult content creators Center and 3DXChat are women, including OhMiBod’s blueMotion can control performers’ sex and sex toy makers also make it beginning to support remote vibrator, can also be controlled remotely via toys, and vice versa, during so the action in erotic films sex devices. So when avatars mobile apps. Connected pillows also let you live haptic webcam shows. controls the sensation of male are having sex, the people hear you partner's heartbeat when miles and female sex devices. behind the computer can feel away, while long-distance kissing devices the action through ensure you'll never miss a smooch goodnight. synchronized sex toys. 4 FutureofSex.net Future Remote of Sex Sex What to Expect Long-Distance Sex Pan-Sensual Remote Sex Holographic While remote sex devices already use Social Networks Workers Lovers force feedback to transmit sensations of touch, this will expand further to the Social networks designed for It will become commonplace Intimate video chats with entire body. Prototypes of haptic body remote sex will become popular, for webcam models to partners will combine remote suits will come to the market, enabling and existing dating apps will interact with their clients via sex devices and touchable fully physical long-distance sex. 3D embrace touch interfaces. Instead remote sex devices. This will holograms of their lovers. printing will also enable tailor-made sex of simply exchanging flirty provide a richer and more Adding to the physical and toys and molds that will replicate your messages, singles will become realistic sexual experience visual, advances in lover's body parts. Open-source sexual intimate and share full-body that will change the nature neuroscience and biotech will hardware and software will aid in telepresence from different locales. of the industry. also let you share personal making these custom creations act and feelings through emotion feel how you want them to. transmission. 5 FutureofSex.net Future Remote of Sex Sex What to Expect 2028 By 2028 over a quarter of The term Teledildonics has stimulated young people the imaginations of many on the will have had a long-distance potential for erotic connection at a sexual experience distance. Often misattributed to Ted Nelson’s 1975 book Computer Lib/ Dream Machines, the term was coined 2025 3D-printed body parts by Howard Rheingold in 1990. of your lover, enabled with touch feedback, will add intense realism to long-distance sex by 2025 Prediction 6 FutureofSex.net Future of Sex What Is It? Virtual sex happens when people connect through communication devices and share sexual content. This includes typed messages as well as video and voice chats both online and over the phone. 3D Virtual worlds developed by computers are an increasingly popular place to have virtual sex by using avatars, which are digital Sex representations of players. Image source: Lovense futureofsex.net Future Virtual of Sex Sex State of the Art Massively Alternative DIY Erotic Hyper-Realistic Multiplayer Online Sexual Playgrounds Avatars Sex Games Communities Design hyper-customizable sexual Motion-capture animations of environments and bodies, turning real adult actors having sex Online virtual worlds like Second Life and Meet real people in real time in yourself or another avatar into help create incredibly lifelike Red Light Center attract millions of users non-judgmental virtual the ideal sexual partner inside moving graphics. With certain searching for virtual sex partners. Once environments who want to your own personal sex world. 3D sex games supporting inside, users can create custom avatars to explore new desires and kinks. 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