From London’s The Independent —
They wore lanyards and laminates like any other conference attendees. Only the presence in the room of some unfathomably long false eyelashes and zipped miniskirts gave a clue to the business they had gathered to discuss.
Delegates for the fourth annual XBiz adult entertainment conference at the Hilton London Metropole ordered raspberry mojitos at the bar as they mused on the financial future of an industry that, like its best-paid performers, has had its ups and downs.
The sector saw its traditional blue movie model blown away by an avalanche of free smut that arrived with the YouTube-inspired “Tube” porn sites during the mid-Noughties. But pornographers are now regrouping, and focusing on potentially lucrative new business opportunities – including virtual reality glasses, sex dating on mobile, and niche webcam services.
Related posts you may like:
- CNBC: Porn gets back to its high-tech basics as VR and remote haptic devices come to fore
- Adult Industry Looks To Virtual Reality Technology For Next Boom
- Simulated Sex: The Ins And Outs Of Virtual Pornography
- Porn will drive mainstream adoption of virtual reality
- Cam4.com Survey Reveals Porn Enhances Relationships
Leave a Comment