What Is VR Sex? Everything You Need To Know About Virtual Sex & Porn

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Featured imageAre you interested in VR sex and how to use this exciting technology? Then this guide from sexuality writer M.Christian will help!

Virtual reality used to be nothing but a science fiction wet dream. But now, thanks to recent breakthroughs, it’s easy to immerse yourself in countless VR porn games, videos, and–what we’re all here for–exploring the wild world of virtual sex.

What Is VR Sex?

VR involves placing a pair of computer screens in front of your eyes connected to a motion tracking system so moving your head or body automatically adjusts what you watch on them.

Add a good sound system plus a pair of controllers so you can interact with whatever you’re seeing, and the illusion is complete.

How lifelike VR is has a lot to do with your headset, your communications equipment, and whatever virtual reality porn sites you visit or games you play.

A man thinking

Virtual sex can also involve the recent new breed of interactive sex tech toys, like remote participants using them to have long-distance, teledildonic fun together.

Or being able to feel along with what you’re seeing on special adult entertainment sites like VR Bangers or erotic games.

What Is Virtual Porn?

Like every other technological innovation, one of the very first things those early virtual reality pioneers did was use it to look at naked people.

Obviously, times have changed since then. Nowadays, a big and getting bigger virtual reality sex industry produces an equally large variety of content. Short clips to full-length movies, live cam shows to sexually explicit games with fictional characters, and more than likely, there’s a virtual reality version of it.

Man watching virtual reality porn with virtual reality goggles

To get you started, here are a few places where you can check out some VR sex games:

  • VR Bangers. One of the biggest sexual virtual reality sites.
  • VirtualRealPorn. A great interface and great content.
  • KinkVR. If you like kinky stuff, then this is the place for you.
  • SexLikeReal. A fantastic selection of videos, many work with Lovense and Kiiroo sex toys.
  • PornHubVR. Well known for its virtual and interactive videos.

Please find a complete list of the best VR porn games here.

Types Of Virtual Sex

These days, virtual sex falls into two rough categories. Though as the technology improves, this will probably charge in the next few years

  • VR Porn.  As brought up previously, this involves watching adult content or explicit games. Its focus is to provide viewers with a fully immersive experience, so they feel right smack in the middle of the sexual activity with a famous porn star.
  • Teledildonics.  What happens when you mix VR technology with state-of-the-art sex toys? The answer is feeling as well as seeing virtual sex between two or more real-life partners. Not only that, but you can use the technology to link two or more VR sex toys together for interactive play. Wherever on the planet, each person happens to live.

Description how long-distance sex toys work

What Are VR Sex Games?

Once on the other fringes of the virtual sex world, combining video games with virtual reality’s immersiveness has become a major part of the adult entertainment industry.

These games tend to be extraordinarily lifelike or somewhat amateurish based on their budgets or programmers’ dedication.

Graphically, they either strive to be ultra-realistic, where it’s difficult to tell when you’re playing with other humans or not, or in a more cartoonish style.

Big fan of hentai? The good news is there are too-many-to-count Japanese-influenced online porn games out there for you to try.

Whatever you’re into, there’s bound to be a VR sexual experience with your name on it out there somewhere.

Like any of the following, a great way to begin checking out what virtual reality games have to offer:

  • VRPorn. Lots of virtual reality videos and games to choose from.
  • SinVR. Offering wild romps with cartoonish characters.
  • Holodexxx. Featuring adult film stars scanned and digitized for your pleasure.
  • 3DXChat. Fool around with other people in a virtual environment.
  • VRLove. Supports Kiiroo and Lovense toys.

What Is The Experience Like In VR Sex?

If you’re new to VR sex, your initial experience might be a little disorienting. Some may even experience virtual reality sickness caused by the momentary lag between moving your head and the VR rig tracking it.

Walking in a virtual environment is another possible culprit for VR nausea. VR games frequently have the option to teleport your virtual character from one point to another instead to prevent this.

VR Headset from Kiiroo

Another unique thing about VR is how it may make users feel uncomfortably isolated from real life.

For example, however hard you concentrate on something in the ‘real world,’ the rest of it never goes away. But in VR, you’re in an entirely new environment, completely cut off from where you came from.

In all fairness, this is also why virtual reality sex is so much fun. It lets you live out your sexual fantasies safely within your own private domain without fear of being interrupted. Or observed.

How Does VR Porn Work?

After getting your hands on a compatible rig, you can view a site’s content directly via streaming or downloading.

Don’t worry if you’re initially confused by which VR rigs a site may or may not support. Most not only list them but include step-by-step instructions on how to use them and what to do should you run into any problems.

The benefit to streaming is VR porn files can be massive and, even with a good internet connection, may take an hour or more to download. Your VR setup also may not have enough space to hold it all, leaving you with streaming or nothing at all.

In downloading’s favor, you can scroll back and forth looking for a video’s juicy sexual acts or rewatch it as much as you want.

There’s a price issue between streaming versus downloading as well. As a few VR sex sites charge more for downloads or limit the number, you can do in a day.

So it’s well worth your while to read the fine print before paying for VR porn. That and shopping around as, after scoping out the competition, you might find a site with everything you want for far less money.

What VR Sex Technology Exists Today?

Every commercially available VR rig is good for porn watching as long as it can access the web, of course.

In addition, your VR porn setup must include a pair of controllers if you want to interact with people or objects from within virtual reality.

Akin to your run-of-the-mill video game variety, you can use them to scroll through virtual reality videos, manipulate objects or game characters, or do countless other immersive activities.

But don’t forget your virtual hands are your real ones, so you’ll need to set up your VR rig in a large enough room to keep you from slamming into walls, furniture, windows, or anyone who gets too close.

Man Hugging His Virtual Girlfriend

For high-tech sex toys, make sure whichever ones you’re considering are smart.

Meaning they’re Bluetooth enabled and connect to a proprietary smartphone app. Then from there to any compatible site or adult game, the sexual activity on the screen is mirrored by the toy.

To make figuring this out easier, try a somewhat backward approach. Rather than looking at VR sex toys and then where you might use them, instead peruse interactive VR porn websites noting what smart sextech gadgets they recommend and which ones they don’t.

Sex workers, too, have learned to spice things up. For example, they can engage with two or more people via webcam, sexting (sexually explicit messages), phone sex, or offer other internet-based play services from the comfort of their homes.

How To Watch VR Porn/How To Have Virtual Sex?

In a nutshell, there are three types of VR headsets. And each is progressively more immersive and more expensive than the last.

At the bottom is your handy dandy smartphone. Slip it into an inexpensive plastic headset, and you or your sex partner can enjoy a VR porn experience.

It’s not a particularly effective or pleasant way to get into VR porn videos, but you can’t beat the cost. The downside is a lack of interactivity, a dependence on your internet speed, and unless your phone has a lot of free space, it’s streaming or nothing.

In the middle are stand-alone VR rigs that don’t require a separate computer. These include Oculus Quest 2 and, believe it or not, Sony PlayStation VR.

Virtual reality goggles from Kiiroo

Boasting far superior resolution than your run-of-the-mill smartphone and a set of controllers, they’re an ideal balance between power and budget.

Finally, you have the upper-tier HTC Vive Pro 2, HTC Vive Cosmos, and the legendary Valve Index. To say they’re the pinnacle of virtual reality is an understatement.

Slip any of these on and say hello to jaw-dropping and sexually arousing virtual sex. If you have a few thousand dollars laying around and have a powerful PC to run them, that is.

For long-distance sex toys, the leading contenders are products from Kiiroo or Lovense. But other companies out there are beginning to give them a run for their money.

Esca 2 and the smartphone app

Both use a smartphone app and internet connectivity for linking their products to virtual sex sites and adult games. Not to mention pairing toys together so what happens to one is mirrored by the other when they’re in the same room or separated by thousands of miles, making them ideal for long-distance relationships.

My personal choice between the two is Lovense. Available for Android and iPhone and PC or Macintosh computers, their Lovense Remote app is easy to set up and comes with a heaping helping of cool features like video chat and sexting.

The only drawback is that Lovense isn’t as widely supported as Kiiroo for interacting with porn sites. But that seems to be changing, with Lovense toys now usable on popular VR cam sites like SexLikeReal.

Lovense’s Remote app and Kiiroo’s Feel Connect 3 aren’t hard to set up. Start by installing the appropriate app. Then turn your toy on or put it in Bluetooth standby mode. Next, and you’re almost finished, use the app to find and connect it.

Is VR Porn Cheating?

Porn use is always up to you and your partner–and no one else.

If either of you is curious about virtual reality porn, try to see it as an opportunity for discussion, so you can both get on the sexual page. You might even find a mutually beneficial way to view online porn together.

What is undeniable is masturbation, virtual or otherwise, won’t negatively affect your health and won’t lead to sexual dysfunction.

All this is moot if either of you hides watching porn from the other. Let’s face it. No one likes being lied to in a relationship, especially when it involves sex. Even if it’s only the self-pleasure variety.

A couple talking

Opening up about your porn use to your partner won’t be easy, but what’s worse, an awkward conversation or discovering someone you care about was looking at VR pornography behind your back?

Besides, watching adult VR porn together might help you explore what turns you on. And from there, it could even improve your relationship and your sex life.

But only if you and your partner learn how to communicate.

Any Risks With VR Sex?

Since you’re never actually touching another living person, VR is the safest form of sex. Not to say there isn’t the potential for harm. It’s just not of the sexually transmitted variety.

So in place of condoms, pay attention to what sites you visit and how much of your personal or financial information you share.

And if you find an exciting new site, thoroughly research how secure it is before visiting it.

In other words, don’t let your arousal get the best of you. Like if a cam performer asks for your personal information, phone number, or anything else they might use to take advantage of you. Least of all, your real name, where you work or live, and your passwords.

If anyone does try to compromise your privacy, report them to whatever site they’re on immediately.

It also doesn’t hurt to periodically change your passwords and keep a keen eye on what you might be sharing online or with any users you regularly engage with.

Tempting though it might be, don’t steal sexually explicit materials from adult content sites or cam performers. It’s illegal, and you take money from the people who created it, making their tough jobs even more difficult.

The same goes for sharing videos or pictures of another person without their permission. Because you wanted to show off, it was an accident, or you intentionally tried to hurt them, violating a partner and the trust they gave you is the worst! 

You might even land in jail, as many states have been dishing out some particularly harsh sentences for those convicted of revenge porn.

Finally, medical science has proved that porn addiction isn’t real. But if you feel it’s interfering with your day-to-day life or is depressed because of it, please seek professional help as soon as possible.

What Does The Future Of VR Sex & Porn Look Like?

As virtual reality only existed in the pages of science fiction novels a few short years ago, it’s hard to say what it might eventually become.

But as I said, it’s a safe bet that next-generation VR rigs will have ultra-high resolution screens, improved motion tracking software, and enhanced interactivity. While getting more and more affordable in the process.

Great for the future of virtual reality in general. But when it comes to VR sex and VR porn, let’s gaze further ahead. To when we’ll be able to touch and be touched in turn. Or, since we’re talking about sex is more like feeling and getting felt.

Welcome to the ultimate virtual reality experience, compliments of haptic tech.

Before you Google, “haptic” refers to letting you receive tactile sensations in addition to virtual reality’s visuals.

Sextech hardware comes close, though presently, it’s reserved for our private parts and only a few sensations.

Given enough time, scientists and engineers will change all that. We’ll put our goggles on in the “not too distant future,” slip into a haptic bodysuit and enter an erotic wonderland indistinguishable from our own.

Want to experience sex as a woman, a man, or create your own unique form or gender? All that and more are right around the corner. We’ll be able to role play with a virtual or real-life partner in a scene or partners if that’s what you’re into.

In the meantime, there’s already a big, wild, and exciting world of sexual VR and VR porn out there waiting for you to explore.

And all you need is a smartphone or a more immersive VR headset if you can afford it to be digitally transported with a push of a button. Maybe to a cam performer’s bedroom, an adult film set, a dungeon, an alien world, or a million other places. It’s your choice.

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