Naughty America tries to get VR porn just right

Believe it or not, the porn industry is having a bit of a hard time with virtual reality. VR is all about immersing you in the middle of a virtual place, setting your imagination loose and making you feel like you are right there with what you are seeing. Sounds ideal, right?

But Ian Paul, chief information officer for porn site Naughty America, told me in an interview that it’s actually pretty hard to get the first-person camera angle just right in a VR porn video. If his people can get it right, then there’s a new gold mine awaiting them. Naturally, porn and VR are likely to get along well. Porn has driven the success of many technologies, including the video cassette recorder, DVDs, and the Internet. Naughty America wants to capitalize on the launches of the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive VR headsets. VR porn is already drawing millions of views, according to data company Similar Web.