Pushing the boundaries of sex, porn and virtual reality ft. Ela Darling from Viro Club

Welcome to the Enter VR podcast! On this episode we'll be exploring the intersection of adult entertainment and virtual reality with special guest Ela Darling, the marketing director at ViRo club! (Virtual Romance Club). Join us for an awesome conversation at the edge of knowledge!

Show Notes

1:00 Intro to Ela Darling

3:00 Top 3 things Ela has learned so far working in this new medium.

4:45 A birds eye view on the landscape of the VR adult industry.

9:00 How long will we find our selves in the "early days" of the VR adult industry?

11:30 An intro to Viro club : Virtual Romance Club

15:00 Exploring the appeal of Viro Club's shows.

16:30 How was Viro Club created and why?

20:00 Who is ViroClub for?

25:00 It should be okay to have regular social VR experiences/platforms for only adults.

27:00 The challenges ahead and how the team plans to address them.

30:00 How to make sure minors are not allowed inside the app.

32:00 What does privacy on the platform look like?

35:00 Monetization strategy

37:00 How to make sure there is a healthy balance of community feedback.

39:00 Ela's hopes for the future of the adult VR industry.

41:00 The effects on the safe and legal access to adult content for adults viewed from a macro level :

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19665229

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/homo-consumericus/201001/pornography-beneficial-or-detrimental

47:00 Exploring haptic devices and the potential for full body suits.

48:00 Discovering the true purpose for the existence of tens units TENS units.

49:00 How to become a part of the Viro Club community.

51:00 Personalized avatars and custom rooms confirmed.

53:00 The challenges of marketing a VR adult app.

56:00 Having VR "sex" with live consenting adults is hard to describe.

57:00 Viro Club has no intention of being used as a population control tool by the Chinese Communist Party.

59:00 Will Viro Club ever become a VR brothel?

1:04:00 Ela's message to her future self.

1:05:00 How to stay in touch with Ela

Thanks to Ela for being a true scholar as well as an absolute bad ass of the metaverse and thank you for listening!

References and how to stay in touch with Ela and the team at ViRo Club

https://twitter.com/ElaDarling

https://twitter.com/ViRoClub

https://viro.club/

https://viro.club/haptic-devices/

https://www.patreon.com/ViRoClub