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ShogunDarius · May 19, 2015

https://twitter.com/eurogamer/status/600603300543778816/photo/1

Oculus Rift won't block porn from being available on its virtual reality headset.

Oculus founder Palmer Luckey told an audience at the Silicon Valley Virtual Reality Conference, reported on by Variety, that the Facebook-owned company considered the Rift an "open platform".

When asked whether Oculus planned to block x-rated content, Luckey replied:

"The rift is an open platform. We don't control what software can run on it. And that's a big deal."

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-05-19-oculus-rift-wont-block-virtual-reality-porn

Zakalwe · May 19, 2015

Was it ever assumed they would?

foxbeldin · May 19, 2015

Good call. Porn sells technology.

glaurung · May 19, 2015

foxbeldin said:
Good call. Porn sells technology.

It also helps the advancement of technology because weirdos wank off for a while and then start building cool shit of their own for the hardware.

I'm OK with this.

valkillmore · May 19, 2015

Palm'r

Peltz · May 19, 2015

It's fappening!!!!

Des0lar · May 19, 2015

Why would they?

JordanN · May 19, 2015

If they were going to block it, we would have heard it by now. Demos of it were shown before.

struggler_guts · May 19, 2015

I don't not agree with this,,,

Chocolate & Vanilla · May 19, 2015

VR is the new storage media wars. Whoever the porn industry backs, wins.

fertygo · May 19, 2015

Of course they won't, its the killer apps.

The safe guarantee the tech will not flop.

meppi · May 19, 2015

Why would anything like this even be considered in the first place? :-/

Memorabilia · May 19, 2015

Block? Lol On the contrary, porn will likely be the single most influential factor in deciding which VR tech(s) is/are the market winners. Porn chose VHS. Porn chose Blue-Ray. Porn will choose VR.

Busty · May 19, 2015

Anyone using 'VR porn' should be forced to hand their penis in at the desk before they leave the showroom.

Carcetti · May 19, 2015

The idea they would is pretty weird. The Oculus is basically a different kind of a tv or display. It'd be like 'Samsung blocks porn on their TVs'

Clefargle · May 19, 2015

I'll state the obvious issue for this, taking that helmet off before cleanup is the worst sounding idea ever. Prepare to catch more than pinkeye from headsets. Grossssss.

glaurung · May 19, 2015

Busty said:
Anyone using 'VR porn' should be forced to hand their penis in at the desk before they leave the showroom.

I'm going to look at your avatar while wearing the Oculus Rift.

And there's not a thing you can do about it.

maquiladora · May 19, 2015

I doubt they would be able to block it even if they wanted to.

Hubbl3 · May 19, 2015

Chocolate & Vanilla · May 19, 2015

euphemism said:
I'll state the obvious issue for this, taking that helmet off before cleanup is the worst sounding idea ever. Prepare to catch more than pinkeye from headsets. Grossssss.

Someone will invent a peripheral for a mess free experience

valkillmore · May 19, 2015

How will the world change when fully-immersive, presence-inducing virtual reality porn is ubiquitous?

Acquiescence · May 19, 2015

Oculus Rift? More like Flick o' the Wrist.

Busty · May 19, 2015

glaurung said:
I'm going to look at your avatar while wearing the Oculus Rift.

And there's not a thing you can do about it.

Truly, I have become destroyer of worlds.

Raonak · May 19, 2015

Why in hell would they block it? VR Porn will probably be one of it's biggest selling points.

toddhunter · May 19, 2015

Of course they will not block it... They'll embrace it in subtle ways until the technology is mainstream. Then they can try to crack down on it to get the full "we are thinking of the children" points.

Win win.

Infernal Monkey · May 19, 2015

valkillmore said:
How will the world change when fully-immersive, presence-inducing virtual reality porn is ubiquitous?

CTLance · May 19, 2015

Wha...? That's like saying Ford won't block people from having sex in the back seat of their cars. The Oculus Rift is a friggen headset with a bunch of APIs and documentation, not some grand content delivery bullshit. They can't possibly control what type of content their customers consume with the hardware unless they're doing some pretty heavy duty DRM. Which would kill the platform.

Clefargle · May 19, 2015

HalfBaked said:
Someone will invent a peripheral for a mess free experience

As long as it's dishwasher safe, no problem.

Durante · May 19, 2015

That's a bit of a non-statement.

It's like NVidia saying the Titan X doesn't block 3D porn.

Lollipop Dave · May 19, 2015

CM3D + Ju-C AIR controller + Oculus Rift

CouchMaster · May 19, 2015

Why would it (cock)block its most obvious mainstream use?

hesido · May 19, 2015

The difference is that Sony would never allow it.

Also, I don't think Oculus Rift would be "DRM"d. To block anything from Oculus Rift, they'd need to employ heavy DRM.

Durante said:
That's a bit of a non-statement.

It's like NVidia saying the Titan X doesn't block 3D porn.

This is what I meant.

BeforeU · May 19, 2015

why would anyone block it? why is this a news.

Stilton Disco · May 19, 2015

Nothing would kill VR more effectively than blocking it's use for porn. The desire to get our rocks off in new, terrifyingly interesting ways is the primary driving force behind all human endeavor.

Yaari · May 19, 2015

I wouldn't buy any VR set that did. I might want to try it out, that rollercoaster surely gets boring eventually.

Fisty · May 19, 2015

hesido said:
The difference is that Sony would never allow it.

Also, I don't think Oculus Rift would be "DRM"d. To block anything from Oculus Rift, they'd need to employ heavy DRM.

This is what I meant.

Yeah Sony would never allow it... ON PS4 obviously. No word on compatibility with PC yet.

Rentahamster · May 19, 2015

More like jack and daxter.

Err, I mean jacking off.

Nzyme32 · May 19, 2015

But will the Oculus store be open or closed to anything other than its own hardware?

hesido · May 19, 2015

Fisty said:
Yeah Sony would never allow it... ON PS4 obviously. No word on compatibility with PC yet.

Even if Sony is going to sell Morpheus with profit, there's little incentive for Sony to officially support the PC platform.

Poop! · May 19, 2015

Fisty said:
Yeah Sony would never allow it... ON PS4 obviously. No word on compatibility with PC yet.

Never thought about it but yeah, porn will be blocked on any console VR.

Dual shocks aren't even officially supported on PC.

Yaari · May 19, 2015

Morpheus. Wouldn't that be the console blocking it? If I put a Morpheus on the PC, I don't see it blocking the content I view there. We'll see, I guess.

Jay Sosa · May 19, 2015

Why would they? It will be 99.99% of the revenue.

bj00rn_ · May 19, 2015

I don't get it, why was the question even asked..? How weird..

mrklaw · May 19, 2015

CTLance said:
Wha...? That's like saying Ford won't block people from having sex in the back seat of their cars. The Oculus Rift is a friggen headset with a bunch of APIs and documentation, not some grand content delivery bullshit. They can't possibly control what type of content their customers consume with the hardware unless they're doing some pretty heavy duty DRM. Which would kill the platform.

I think Oculus might be wary of direct comparisons with facebook, so they are emphasising the open nature of the OR - even though as you say it should be obvious to most people.

slavesnyder · May 19, 2015

So what about Holo Lens?
Augmented Nudity

Do it, Spencer!

Stilton Disco · May 19, 2015

While VR porn games will be a no show, I'm actually fully expecting Morpheus to unofficially support VR porn videos through the web browser, once sites like Pornhub inevitably start streaming VR content.

Poop! · May 19, 2015

bj00rn_ said:
I don't get it, why was the question even asked..? How weird..

Facebook is very strict with any kind of nudity. Breastfeeding photos still get deleted here and there. Is was a valid question to ask a company known for censorship.

Durante · May 19, 2015

Poop! said:
Facebook is very strict with any kind of nudity. Breastfeeding photos still get deleted here and there. Is was a valid question to ask a company known for censorship.

The thing is, Facebook hosts content. It is actually possible for them to censor it.

It's not possible to prevent anything from running on a hardware platform with an open API.

NumberThree · May 19, 2015

Durante said:
The thing is, Facebook hosts content. It is actually possible for them to censor it.

It's not possible to prevent anything from running on a hardware platform with an open API.

Boob detection algorithm on the headset itself!

Yarbskoo · May 19, 2015

Durante said:
That's a bit of a non-statement.

It's like NVidia saying the Titan X doesn't block 3D porn.

Nvidia + Oculus Rift + Porn = Goodbye real world

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