My first sex-themed VR experience encouraged me to literally step out of my comfort zone and into another world - one that felt so astonishingly real that when I reached out to touch one of the dancers as they slid down the pole, I was momentarily surprised and disappointed when their computer generated bodies turned to sparkles at my touch.OK, you’re not one of those sex addicts but you do occasionally glance at porn. While I’m still uneasy at the idea of a sex robot of any gender, the Celestial Bodies exhibit felt like a much less terrifying (albeit highly pleasurable and visually stunning) glimpse into the future of human sexuality. Technology is evolving, making way for alternative, tech-generated sexual experiences like VR and “dates” with guys like Henry. Henry’s creators believe he’s the future and I’m not about to argue with them. Davis profiled her date with Henry, the first male sex robot to become reality. Article contentįor New York Magazine’s May 14 to 27, 2018, issue cover story, writer Allison P. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Set to the soundtrack of Diplo’s “Set it Off,” the virtual reality experience “aims give the public a sense of the sexual significance of this new and quickly evolving technology through anticipation, sexual attraction, identity, presence, touch, scale, comfort, daring and spatial awareness.”
I have just described the ten minutes I spent last week inside Celestial Bodies, the new physically immersive Virtual Reality Gallery at Museum of Sex in New York City.įounded in 2002, along a bustling stretch of 5th Avenue, in Manhattan, the official mission of the Museum of Sex is “to preserve and present the history, evolution and cultural significance of human sexuality.” Celestial Bodies is the first exhibit of its kind and marks the beginning of a long-term investigation into the potential of VR (virtual reality) as a creative, experiential medium - and I am so grateful that I got to experience it first hand.
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