Purple-haired woman wearing a VR headset with a look of revelation and desire, captioned “I get it now…” — illustrating the concept of gender affirming porn in virtual reality.
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The Erotic Power of Embodiment: How VR Porn Could Change How We See Ourselves

ByFelicity Rayne

It was 2022 when I bought my first VR headset, an Oculus Quest 2, off a dusty shelf in a back-alley shop on Sofia’s main street. A week earlier, I’d borrowed a friend’s Oculus and played three rounds of Beat Saber. I tore the headset off my face, sweat pouring, eyes wide. “This is going to…