What it’s like to date and have sex in VR

We spotted this interesting short documentary by SBS (an Australian broadcaster) that interviews couples that are using VR to support their close (and often sexual) relationships. Well worth a watch if you’re interested in how people are using VR to breakthrough their social anxiety, in some cases.

Official Caption

Australians are dating, kissing and sometimes even taking it further in virtual reality. Welcome to flirtual reality. Virtual reality hasn’t gone mainstream yet but people are already falling in love, getting married and building a life together in the metaverse, using platforms like VRChat. But is there a dark side to dating someone through their virtual avatar?

Credits

Producer: Jennifer Luu

Shooters: Daniel Gallagher, Gavin Blyth

Editor: Bodie Smith

Graphics: Synthura Sandrasegaran