POV Head Rig and OhRoma olfactory system to increase presence with VR sexual content

[The evolution of technology to increase media user’s sense of presence continues… The original version of this story from the Daily Mail includes two sidebars, more images, and a related video. The full POV Head Rig press release is available via Newswire. –Matthew]

The terrifying mannequin-head camera that could revolutionize VR porn: Device aims to create more ‘intimate emotional attachment’

  • It has stereoscopic cameras in the eyes and binaural sound microphones
  • Also has multiple cameras across its surface to achieve 4K resolution at 60fps
  • Creators say the POV Head Rig will make virtual reality porn more immersive

By Cheyenne Macdonald for Dailymail.com
2 February 2017

Scientists predict virtual reality will soon take over the porn industry, allowing for more immersive experiences.

And, a bizarre new high-tech camera rig aims to pave the way.

The VR Bangers POV Head Rig is equipped with stereoscopic cameras in the eyes, binaural sound microphones, and multiple cameras across its surface to achieve 4K resolution – and the creators say it will make for more ‘intimate’ moments.

In order to make VR porn as immersive as it hopes to be, actors must interact with the equipment as though it were another person.

This means getting up close and personal with a camera or a microphone.

With the POV Head Rig, the team at VR Bangers suggests virtual reality porn will be able to move past these awkward limitations to create ‘extraordinary’ content.

‘The rig was built especially for adult VR scenes because we noticed that there is a much warmer and more intimate emotional attachment between the performer and the recording device if the device itself is able to be kissed, caressed, and whispered to in the same sort of ways that a real person would sense those subtle communications,’ said CTO Boris Smirnoff.

The custom device – which was turned down by CES 2017 – was demonstrated at the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo, and the team says ‘it’s one of the hottest new tech items.’

It is packed with technology that could allow viewers to feel as though they are really being kissed, caressed, and whispered to, the CTO says.

‘Stereoscopic cameras right where its eyes would usually be, true 4K resolution at a mouthwatering 60fps using multiple cameras on the front, back, and top of the head to capture every angle, along with state of the art binaural sound microphones in each ear to add a level of realism to each whisper, moan, and shift in sound,’ Smirnoff says.

The creators say the technology could pioneer the move toward VR porn.

‘Virtual reality is no longer a future technology,’ Smirnoff said.

As experts argue that VR porn will soon be far more common, it isn’t the only device revealed in recent times to reflect the shift.

Earlier this month, CamSoda revealed gear that even adds smells to the virtual reality experience.

Dubbed ‘OhRoma‘, users wear a sensory mask, which resembles a gas mask, alongside their virtual reality headset.

The headset shows virtual reality porn, in which a selected man or woman appears to perform sexual acts on the user through a teledildonic device.

Meanwhile, users can choose from a range of smells to pump through the mask, including ‘private parts’, ‘body odour’, ‘fragrances’, ‘panties’, ‘aphrodisiacs’ and ‘environments’.

When the cartridge containing the scent is heated, the aromas are pumped through the mask, immersing the user in the experience.

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