How Will Virtual Reality Impact Long Distance Relationships?

The stigma about long distance relationships is being softened by the arrival of virtual reality, as it’s revolutionizing communication between couples. Gone are the days when lovers had to send one another hand written letters, often taking days to arrive. Gone are the days of Skype Sex, with a flat screen making your girlfriend look one- dimensional. VR webcamming shatters the long distance barrier!

Users of virtual reality headsets and phone goggles have reported feeling like they are entering a new reality, almost like Life 2.0. Vision, being the most powerful sense in humans, is tricked into thinking it’s entered a new world, and the 3D capability of virtual reality makes the brain think the new reality is happening in real time. This reported feeling is why virtual reality technology can make long distance relationships feel less lonely, a big complaint among couples separated by distance. Sure, any reasonable person logically knows their significant other isn’t really there. However, if the feeling they get is of their fully formed partner being there in real time, then their brain may not feel the distance of all those miles.

Games like Second Life, where you can create an online avatar and enter a new online world, have attempted to give this feeling to users. There’s even a documentary about people who fell in love playing the game.

Communicating via virtual reality and webcams takes this concept to a new level, which no longer features an online world, but simulates the real world. Think about the concept of real world simulation for a second, and you realize the power it has the to give long distance couples higher relationship satisfaction.

While virtual reality can’t simulate touch (yet), it can give partners what they really want, like seeing one’s girlfriend in new lingerie, which so perfectly accentuates her features, in a now fully formed figure for the eyes to feast on. What happens after is entirely up to the lovers…

VR webcamming sites like AliceX.com also nullifies the distance between webcam models and their patrons. It’s a way of skipping the expensive dinner and getting right to dessert. It’s like the model is really there with you, satisfying your every sexual want and need, exactly when you want it. You can get the satisfaction you deserve simply by putting on your headset or phone goggles.

Whether connecting to your lover or a webcam model, VR will erase the miles between you.