[bsder]

I also seem to remember that Betamax made it far more difficult to get equipment and tapes in order to produce pornography.

That conceded a big chunk of early adopters to VHS.

[jjmarr]

I thought this was true for a while, but it seems to be a side effect of Betamax being more expensive in general.

The counterexamples that convinced me were Grok and Steam VR aren't taking significant marketshare from ChatGPT and Oculus despite having better support for adult content.

Originally, I thought this would kill Oculus given that's the most popular use of VR, but nope.

[bsder]

Porn tech usage is driven by solving some problem from the previous generation.

Videotape solved the "can't watch film porn at home" problem. Online payments and delivery solved the "need to risk going to the store to buy porn" problem.

What does VR porn solve over just watching standard porn on your monitor/TV?

And because of the resolution limitations, aren't VR headsets actually worse for watching porn than modern 4K monitors?

[jjmarr]

It's not immersive/interactive compared to the real thing.

Ironically, AI is solving this better than VR did. Many people are in relationships with AI girlfriends. Not many are in relationships with VR waifus.

[bsder]

Well, interactivity was solved by OnlyFans, no? And OnlyFans seems to butcher video quality pretty badly yet it doesn't seem to dissuade people very much.