You Can Watch Augmented Reality Porn on Meta Quest 3
Meta Quest 3 is the best virtual reality headset for watching augmented reality pornography. Its array of front-facing color cameras delivers better video quality than the grainy black-and-white images of the previous generation, which means a new kind of pornography. While the Apple Vision Pro’s specs are superior to the Quest 3, its price is much higher ($3,499 versus the Quest 3’s $499.99) and its design isn’t suitable for porn.
But the AR porn genre is in its early days, and like any early innovation, it can be quite difficult to get right. You may have to spend some money too. Below is a step-by-step guide to watching VR porn in augmented reality on the Meta Quest 3 headset.
How to watch virtual reality porn on Meta Quest 3
There are essentially three “levels” of watching porn on a VR headset. The first two—simply streaming video and streaming “immersive” 3D video—work the same on the Quest 3 as they would on any other VR headset. Here I covered the basics of VR porn streaming . Below is how a new kind of porn – mixed reality or augmented reality porn – works on the Meta Quest 3 and other VR headsets with decent front-facing cameras.
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Buy the right VR headset . I have a Quest 3, so this guide is based on that, but the general ideas apply to any headset with cameras on the front. Scroll down to see some headset deals.
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Make sure you have a fast connection : VR video streaming requires massive amounts of data to be transferred to the headset to work. I have a cable modem and it works great, but a slower connection will require you to reduce content or buffer (probably at the wrong time).
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Download and install DeoVR . You can download this app either directly from your headset or through the Meta Quest app on Google Play or the Apple app store . This free VR video player and browser can be used for any type of content, but the biggest end-to-end pornography creator uses it to stream their videos. This brings me to:
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Sign up for a membership to a site that produces end-to-end porn content. As of this writing, there aren’t many companies creating this kind of content. The industry leader in this niche is Sexlikereal , which requires a subscription. I understand that paying money for porn is very 2003, but for something as new as this, you’ll have to shell out for a monthly subscription to get the full experience. You can try other free sites; There may be some crumbs in there, but they will almost certainly be of lower quality than the dirt you pay for.
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Use DeoVR to navigate to the website of your choice .
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Click “Skip” in the search bar to your left.
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Select a video and start streaming.
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Congratulate yourself: you are now at the forefront of porn viewing.
If you have the patience to overcome these obstacles, you should now have a virtual version of the porn you love in your home. But to truly get the most out of your experience, you’ll have to do some work.
How to Get the Most Out of Augmented Porn
If you were hoping that pass-through pornography would instantly make it look like your chosen porn star was actually in your home, you’ll undoubtedly be disappointed. Combining live video and pre-recorded 3D content convincingly is so technologically challenging that I commend the producers for even trying, but my results have been mixed at best. However, I did my best and here are some tips.
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Provide Wide Open Space : You will need plenty of open space to get this job done.
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Make sure it’s brightly lit: walk-through cameras work better in more light.
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Get into the right position : VR porn is usually filmed with a static camera, so the point of view is standing, lying down or sitting. If you’re in a different position, it won’t look right. It may help to press the through button (it looks like an eye) to see the scene without removing the blue screen. It will look like this:
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Align your video content: Try pairing video elements with real furniture and body parts. This content typically includes simple items such as tables and chairs, so prepare some to place them in the right places. I have found that a video of a person standing in front of the viewer looks more like they are actually in your home than a video of people in different poses.
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Work with Settings : DeoVR allows you to work with all kinds of settings, from image size to position, pitch, hue and more. How they should be set depends on your device, your home, the video you shot, and too many other factors to tell you what those settings should be, so the only thing you can do is experiment. The DeoVR guide is helpful, but ultimately it’s trial and error.
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Avoid the floating sausage and giant people effect : Most cross-cut porn is shot with a blue screen suit covering one of the actors (except for part of the body). If your video is positioned incorrectly, the specified part will float in space. It’s low-key fun, but can be avoided by aligning the video and changing its size and position until the sausage is where it belongs. Another problem: scale. Get it wrong and you’ll end up with a giant on your dinner table.
Is augmented reality porn worth it?
Your experience may vary, but I find this experiment with cutting-edge pornography to be mostly a chore – a lot of effort for little result. Part of the problem is that the content itself must be strictly controlled to work within the tight confines required for VR porn. The camera only needs to be fixed in one of several positions, and one half of the coupling (almost always the male half) needs to remain perfectly still most of the time. The result is a static, lifeless feel, made worse by the fact that the “action” doesn’t actually match the setting.
Any change in camera position requires you to physically reposition yourself to try and get the “you’re there” effect, and you’ll likely have to fiddle around with 15 menus to try and match everything up again. Trying to make it look “right” is an interesting challenge, but in my opinion it’s about as far from “erotic” as it gets. On the other hand, if you have a free day and want to try something new, give it a try.