Soon, virtual reality will become more and more prevalent in our lives in ways we could have never imagined. We are now closer to being able to fall in love with our computer, like responding to our dream partner by using a high-tech virtual reality helmet.
In Digital Love, the Vice team studies how love and sex exist in the digital era. It begins in Porn Valley in Los Angeles to witness first-hand how virtual reality is frighteningly close to reality thanks to its interactivity, then heads to Amsterdam, Europe’s sex capital, where the Dutch enthusiastically embrace new devices to improve their long-distance relationships. In the end, it’s an overview of a very modern taboo. Can man’s relationship to machine lead to true intimacy?