Rift...
It will not take off for porn, not just from the FB acquisition either.
If you guys remember last year there was a company in Irvine, CA developing content using the developer only versions (and pre-release) Rift from Occulus VR.
I was part of that team.
The launch was a viral success...it was picked up by Reddit, major news outlets even Discovery Channel, Fox....gamers went nuts.
California startup creating first generation of "adult entertainment" for Oculus Rift
The concept was solid, we had a few levels done for the Rift (enough for proof of concept) but the reality is there needed to be more. The problem also was ROI and from a business standpoint due to overhead the cost of developing each individual release/project, it was a major issue (in my mind at least). Montenization was always a big concern, since we were potentially first in market there was and is no benchmark.
This was something that could have been great really, especially since there was such a demand for it, but the risk was heavy. We hired and relocated developers and level designers from ID Software and other really top notch companies even.
If you ever have used a Rift it's quite an experience (almost to the point of barfing for some people), executing that with porn is totally different thing. The people we "tested" the unit were underwhelmed and wanted to get off so there was a missing element. One guy said he'd rather jack off and look at a big monitor.
3D porn, VR porn the thing that could make it really big is a physical element (Real Touch/Fleshlight/etc.) which would add costs to an end-user in the end. The tits on the girls were amazing though, especially since they were motion captured for ultimate "breast shaking movements".
