It's not always about sex, even when it could be

The most realistic virtual reality room in the world is being developed at Iowa State University for purposes having nothing to do with sexual fantasy.

Chiu-Shui Chan, an Iowa State professor of architecture, has used the [existing VR room] to develop 3-D models of buildings, cities and workplaces. He’s studying how virtual reality can be a tool to create a library of historical buildings, plan urban growth and test workplace efficiency.

Chan said the upgrade will improve the visual realism and interactive speed of his virtual reality applications. And that will enhance the sense of place in his applications and the effectiveness of his research.

Chan said the C6’s existing technology requires him to balance and sacrifice some of a project’s size, speed, realism or human-computer interaction. “With the new system I won’t have to worry about that,” he said.

Yet you can easily imagine the sexual applications of this technology when it's cheaper.

This is the kind of thing that people think of these days when the subject of sex and technology comes up. We've seen too much science fiction to think anything is impossible, and a room like this has too much potential for adult applications to let it stay within the realm of urban planning.

You could have sex together in exotic locations. You could put some interesting machinery in their for added, ah, flavor. You could do all sorts of things while freeing up your imagination to focus on more internal aspects of the experience, because the tech takes care of the external.

What would you do?