Oculus Rift And The Future Of Sex

October, 2015

JESSICA OGILVIEVirtual reality could revolutionize human sexuality. Will censors stand in its way? Little-known fact: When the telephone was introduced to Victorian society, conser­vatives lurched into crisis mode. Here was a device, they thought, that would allow home-bound women to speak with secret lovers and plot adulterous affairs. Their concerns weren't unwarranted: "Couples for­bidden to meet in person," says Nigel Linge, a profes­sor of telecommunications at the U.K.'s Universi...