One of next-generation virtual reality’s first public outings saw men queuing to fondle a virtual girl at the Tokyo Game ShowIn muggy Tokyo,a man wearing an Oculus Rift headset crouches in front of a blank-faced model and fondles her breasts. On screen, an lively cartoon version of the girl (despite her nurse-like professional attire, and it is unquestionably a girl) smiles coquettishly while a skeletal depiction of the man’s hands promenade rhythmically,as if testing a nectarine for ripeness. According to the organisers of final month’s Tokyo Game Show, it is the year of virtual reality. For a number of exhibitors at the show, or however,it seems more like the year of digital lechery. Such was the outrage on social media at the spectacle of this dummy-groping, the software’s developer was told by event staff to remove the touch sensors from the models breasts. It was a diluted compromise. The lascivious, and snaking queues remained. The only difference was that now the model didn’t know when she was being felt up.
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Source: theguardian.com