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Virtual Reality App Lets the Socially Awkward Practice Dating with Digital Girlfriends
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Date: July 29, 2017 02:44PM
Virtual Reality App Lets the Socially Awkward Practice Dating with Digital Girlfriends
by NATE CHURCH28 Jul 2017
At Hong Kong’s Ani-Com and Games Fair this year, hardcore anime and video game fans will be given the chance to date a model of their choice — in VR.
According to the Daily Mail, even Hong Kong’s most socially awkward will have the chance to travel alongside a beautiful companion of their choice, via Leoi Yau, or “VR Travel Friend.” After slipping their phones into the visor of a plastic headset, one of four different models will accompany the player on a trip through Japan or Thailand. Along the way, they will have the chance to wine and dine their virtual attendant at cafes, hot springs, and karaoke bars.
The target audience is “otaku,” a typically disparaging term for those socially awkward (mostly) males who are obsessed with manga, video games, and anime. Nevertheless, the company making it seems to be framing the app as a helpful stepping-stone toward real engagement with the opposite sex. VR Travel Friend Communications Officer Margaret Ming said: “We want to allow more people to try out what it’s like to date a girl, because there are a lot of Otakus who don’t know how to communicate with girls.”
by NATE CHURCH28 Jul 2017
At Hong Kong’s Ani-Com and Games Fair this year, hardcore anime and video game fans will be given the chance to date a model of their choice — in VR.
According to the Daily Mail, even Hong Kong’s most socially awkward will have the chance to travel alongside a beautiful companion of their choice, via Leoi Yau, or “VR Travel Friend.” After slipping their phones into the visor of a plastic headset, one of four different models will accompany the player on a trip through Japan or Thailand. Along the way, they will have the chance to wine and dine their virtual attendant at cafes, hot springs, and karaoke bars.
The target audience is “otaku,” a typically disparaging term for those socially awkward (mostly) males who are obsessed with manga, video games, and anime. Nevertheless, the company making it seems to be framing the app as a helpful stepping-stone toward real engagement with the opposite sex. VR Travel Friend Communications Officer Margaret Ming said: “We want to allow more people to try out what it’s like to date a girl, because there are a lot of Otakus who don’t know how to communicate with girls.”