Bizarre AI sex system lets you use Fitbit to track calories burned while ‘romping with virtual girlfriends’
RANDY geeks can now use their Fitbits to track how many calories they burn while romping with virtual girlfriends.
That’s because the fitness-tracking watches can now be hooked up to “VirtualMate”, a bizarre sex contraption that gives players a digital loving via a virtual reality headset.
Users interact with a computer generated woman while hooked up to a vibrating “sex sleeve”.
Using the raunchy toy – a “stroking device” users slip onto their todgers – elicits a response from the flirtatious VR girlfriend.
If all that gadgetry isn’t enough, users can now strap on a Fitbit while on their VR adventures.
The smart watch then “monitors its users’ fitness and calories burned”, according to VirtualMate.
The company estimates self-lovers burn around 70-100 calories per session.
Apparently, Fitbit can track users’ “masturbatory activity, daily goals, heart rate and record workout progress over time”.
Companies can sync almost anything to a Fitbit because the fitness-tracking watches use open software.
It’s not clear if Fitbit sanctioned the use of its device for Virtual Mate’s raunchy purposes.
The Sun has contacted Fitbit for comment.
The VirtualMate game was announced earlier this year, and hit shelves last month.
Randy geeks can purchase the system for $99 (around £82).
The pervy package includes access to the online Virtual Mate game, and a “multi-functional male stroker” sex toy.
Buyers will also need a PC, smartphone or VR headset to view their virtual girlfriend on.
The stroking gadget is called The Core, and gathers and transfers motion data from the on-screen character to the device.
It slots over a player’s todger, and is loaded with a plethora of real-time sensors.
These allow the game’s “virtual lover” to react to a player’s “every movement, depth, speed, and strength”, according to her engineers.
Movements are beamed via Bluetooth to the player’s computer or phone, changing how the virtual girlfriend responds to them.
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- Virtual reality allows you to experience and interact with a 3D world that isn’t real.
- To enter this virtual world you must don a VR helmet – a headset with a screen inside that makes you feel like you’re somewhere else.
- This mounted display strapped to your eyes mixed with stereo sound and movement tracking lets you explore this immersive virtual world.
- You turn your head and the environemnt turns with you, making the illusion feel even more “real”.
- Currently headsets span from expensive PC-linked helmets like the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift to more affordable goggles like the Samsung Gear VR that works by slotting a smartphone in the headset.
- The downloadable apps range from VR games to 360-degree videos created by publishers like the BBC and The Discovery Channel.
- They can transport you to 3D worlds that aren’t accessible in real life, like a trip to Mars or a spin behind the wheel of a futuristic sports car.
- Until recently, these experiences relied on a PC or smartphone to generate this virtual world.
- But there are alternatives– like the Oculus Go, a wireless headset with a built-in processor that does all the work itself.
You can play in quick mode or story mode, depending on how much time you have.
“The adult film and sex toy industries haven’t created anything genuinely brilliant in years,” said Jeff Dillon, of Virtual Mate.
“And we wanted to change that with a truly unforgettable virtual intimacy experience.”
A robotic dildo sparked chaos at a tech conference earlier this year after organisers banned the “immoral” sex toy despite it winning a prestigious award.
One sex toy firm even lets you control its dildos using Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant.
Earlier this year, sports fans were treated to a sex toy that synced to real-time gameplay during this year’s Super Bowl.
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