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Sex over distance using affordable consumer teledildonic robots

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Re: Sex over distance using affordable consumer teledildonic robots

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Where's the API for this? I want to build the first VSAAS (Virtual Sex As A Service).

Unfortunately the API wont be released for third party development until next year, likely well into the beta period. But stay tuned! Right now we're working with various vendors that are trying to get their devices supported ahead of time.

Re: Sex over distance using affordable consumer teledildonic robots

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's fine for you but... I'm horrified at what your grand kids will have access to.

That future is already here. Reading the book "Pornland" by Gail Dines was both shocking and informative. You can be horrified right now at what kids are consuming.

It seems from most of her public output that Dines' primary goal is to horrify, more so than to reliably inform.

http://www.charlieglickman.com/2010/07/08/7-ways-to-create-a...

is one example of an article critiquing her work.

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> from a sex tech company called FriXion Nice name. It has an obvious connection to the product, and if you want to give out pens with the name on them you don't have to pay for custom printing [1]! [1] http://www.pilotpen.us/Brands/FriXion.aspx

Ha! Interesting to see if Pilot would choose to pursue a trademark-infringement case. "Yes, your honor, we think our writing implements can be reasonably confused with a sex robot."

If Pilot Pens starting making a auto-signing machine pen, I could see someone getting a tad confused.

Re: Sex over distance using affordable consumer teledildonic robots

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Some items from the video that were not mentioned in the article: One to many interactions, Record and replay experiences, Pre-recorded games/videos. Of course, none of the above should really be a surprise but they still caught me off-guard.

So Justin Bieber could have sex with all his Twitter followers simultaneously. Fascinating.

it makes no difference if it is Justin Bieber or if they send out a signal and tell you it is Justin Bieber, or if you just turn on the machine and think of Justin Bieber.

There's really nothing social to this particularly.

Re: Sex over distance using affordable consumer teledildonic robots

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Now you can have sex without even touching another human being! Yeah, this is one activity I think I've going to stick to the old meatspace/wetware paradigm for, sorry guys. OTOH I'm sure it's a fun device to work on :)

Reminds of the sex scene from the movie Demolition Man with Sylvester Stallone and Sandra Bullock. Here's the link to the particular scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k80UQWWUIYs [May be nsfw]

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> from a sex tech company called FriXion Nice name. It has an obvious connection to the product, and if you want to give out pens with the name on them you don't have to pay for custom printing [1]! [1] http://www.pilotpen.us/Brands/FriXion.aspx

Ha! Interesting to see if Pilot would choose to pursue a trademark-infringement case. "Yes, your honor, we think our writing implements can be reasonably confused with a sex robot."

"People will think our pen is a penis."

Sorry, I had to.

Re: Sex over distance using affordable consumer teledildonic robots

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Now you can have sex without even touching another human being! Yeah, this is one activity I think I've going to stick to the old meatspace/wetware paradigm for, sorry guys. OTOH I'm sure it's a fun device to work on :)

I'm not sure how dismissing your post is meant to be- but many people in long distance relationships would love having such a product.

* raises hand* I'm in an LDR and may only see her twice a year (each time for a month or two) but this doesn't excite me at all. Perhaps it's just the fact that I keep seeing people shout look someone solved the problem of LDRs which just makes me roll my eyes - the inability to have sex in certain times of the year is the least of our worries.

If anyone wants to "solve the problem of LDRs", I'd much prefer them to as a look at things like immigration laws, international transport, cultural barriers.

Re: Sex over distance using affordable consumer teledildonic robots

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Some items from the video that were not mentioned in the article: One to many interactions, Record and replay experiences, Pre-recorded games/videos. Of course, none of the above should really be a surprise but they still caught me off-guard.

Possibilities really open up with the telemetry translation api -- realizing that the telemetry is digital, and only has to be encoded once to be read for any purpose for any supported device is huge. We expect to be very busy for a long time fleshing out all the applications we have in mind. One that we're working on is using a users webcam to monitor heart rate (similar to the xbox one + kinect) and use that inform…

Have you talked through what the company will do once developers start creating FriXion experiences with virtual children? Are you taking a hands-off approach (no pun intended) to what people do with the technology, or do you plan on vetting each application? If presented with an abuse scenario, would you cooperate with law enforcement to find who is "connecting" with (or creating) these children? I'm not knocking the tech or your intention to make a fun product - just throwing out some important questions.

Re: Sex over distance using affordable consumer teledildonic robots

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post #78

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That future is already here. Reading the book "Pornland" by Gail Dines was both shocking and informative. You can be horrified right now at what kids are consuming.

It seems from most of her public output that Dines' primary goal is to horrify, more so than to reliably inform. http://www.charlieglickman.com/2010/07/08/7-ways-to-create-a... is one example of an article critiquing her work.

Have you read any of her books?
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