The future of sex gizmos

Reuters published a brief round-up of "expert" thoughts about sex and tech:

Experts ponder a future of new sex gizmos

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - When America's top sex researchers gathered recently to discuss the next decade in their field, some envisioned a future in which artificial sex partners could cater to every fantasy.

"What is very likely to be present before 2016 would be a multi-sensual experience of virtual sex," said Julia Heiman, director of the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender and Reproduction at Indiana University, Bloomington.

"There is a possibility of developing erotic materials for yourself that would allow you to create a partner of certain dimensions and qualities, the partner saying certain things in that interaction, certain things happening in that interaction."

I learned that sim sex game Virtually Jenna now supports hardware – your sex toy does what the animated sex toys are doing, I think – but I don't see anything about that on the site NSFW so I'll have to investigate further.

The final quote about pushing people to a simulated relationship that supplants their ability to relate socially ... I think most people don't subsume their reality to live in virtual worlds all the time for the rest of their lives, even if it takes a year or three to get over the initial novelty and heavy use.

And frankly, anyone who chooses to do so merely removes him or herself from the gene pool, so unless the person dives into a social life that takes place entirely online at the expense of his or her children or spouse, who cares? And if it is at the expense of kids and spouse, tell me what was missing in the reality that sent the person seeking such total escape in the first place?