The latest iteration of Naughty America’s long-running pornographic video series 2 Chicks Same Time-each scene riffs on the basic premise of a man, a woman, and a woman, doin’ it, together-features a scene filmed with VR cameras.
That extremely specific fantasy could be reality very soon. “It’s time to take VR seriously again, especially the pornography,” Jonnie Ross, co-organizer of virtual reality expo VRLA said in 2014, adding, “I don’t know about you, but I’m looking forward to a virtual BJ on the Millennium Falcon.” Fans have been dreaming of this moment, too. “The entire history of porn has been trying by whatever means available to arrive at this type of experience, and now it’s here,” Naughty America chief information officer Ian Paul said recently. These “POV” sexual encounters are ad-hoc virtual reality simulations just waiting for the technology to catch up. In the decades since John “Buttman” Stagliano held a camcorder in one hand, grabbed a lady’s butt cheek with the other, and invented a new pornographic genre he called “gonzo,” it’s become standard to film scenes from the male performer’s perspective. While traditional filmmakers may be struggling to adapt their art to immersive virtual reality devices, pornographers have been anticipating this moment for years.