Teledildonics
2020-08-08 01:00:14.19216+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
The answer is, of course, a little down in the Twitter thread, that teledildonics is the first step in mass-market telepresence technologies. Porn and sex always drive tech.
But I think that progression (which, of course, glosses over some of the tremendous changes in the individualization capabilities of the various communication mechanisms) is an interesting jumping off point for thinking about how communication enables human interactions, and how sometimes the technology becomes an end in itself rather than being about that communication.
What sort of nuances do we want to communicate that we currently aren't? How are the limitations on Zoom a filter on what gets transmitted, and once we see that it's a continuum between zoom and IRL, what are the limitations of language and the concepts that we know how to express in our relationships.
Anyway, motorized Internet-connected buttplugs are funny.
Bonus: RealTouching from a distance