Penny Arcade summed up nicely why I'll never play such a game:

http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2010/11/29/

Fuck Fuck Revolution :)

Newsflash: my hands are busy when I'm watching porn.

I'm pretty sure if I ever fondled someone like that they would just get annoyed.

And i'm pretty sure i would die from many things i can do in games without getting a scratch. Games are not always supposed to be simulators, also porn videos are not documentaries.

Did you misunderstand the "demo" part of the title, bro?

And so it begins, the destruction of human society.

Not just humans. This is what Frank Drake forgot in his equation. The percentage of civilizations that invent completely immersive sexual reproduction simulators and subsequently go extinct.

I'd rather it be like that then nuclear war.

Yeah, because the only reason we have sex is to make babies.

I have a feeling the TSA will soon be ordering Xboxes and Kinects for their um, training department.

Coming soon: the "XBox Fit" doll/accessory for tactile feedback.

I couldn't help but laugh uncontrollably while watching the demo.

I couldn't help but think we're dumb as a species if we think that'd be fun.

Don't date robots!

I was annoyed by all the previous Kinect games that would make me get up or do things. This on the other hand is a physical activity that I wouldnt mind performing.

I think then the next step will be

Group centered...

At least they've done enough testing to realise that interaction should be done with the left hand.

Reminds me of the "Do The Evolution" video by Pearl Jam

Finally, a practical use for the Kinect!

This is disgusting, not because it is porn, but because someone felt the need to take a cutting edge piece of consumer technology and put the time and brain cycles into developing something like this.

Are people really that desperate, are their elements of society that actually have a need for this. The beginning of the end no doubt if this is the future of entertainment and sexual gratification.

Versus say taking cutting edge robotics technology and making stuff that kills people.

Weapons research is equally vile, it is also a differnt discussion. This is about sexual gratification.

Can you more clearly articulate why you think this (the sex thing) is vile?

What ill effect do you see it having on society? If none, then your argument basically comes down to "ick!", which is not a good argument.

I think lonely people crave companionship more than sex - given the choice. Society has formed in a way where "beautiful people" tend to get the breaks, get the sex and generally have a better quality of life. I understand a big part of this is also down to evolution and reproduction, but we have entire industries built on sexual aspiration such as fashion, advertising and porn.

I understand people crave sexual gratification, that's human nature, but I think products like this will only serve to compound the problem, make more people who feel this way look inward and ultimately more unfulfilled and lonely.

Would research and technology not be better served if it was used to help break these barriers and bring people together - rather than isolate them in their own lonely existences.

I am aware a lot of this is my own opnion, I just think it's pretty disgusting that this could be a possible future.

Technology tends to reflect its creators, but it's not as dystopian as you're making it out to be. For example, demand for broadband internet access was largely driven by a desire for access to porn.

I'm certain when photography was invented, some of the first photographs were of naked people. Undoubtedly someone was concerned about the future of humanity then, as well.

In the end, people still like sex with other people more than they like sex with imaginary people. I doubt that will ever change en masse.

Absolutely. My opnion is personal and definetly at the extreme end of the scale. I think debate on this is healthy and I'm open to having my opnion changed. I think blind acceptance however would be irresponsible.

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But you are speaking to the guy who finds it easier to communicate with machines than people a lot of the time, and lets say I'm going through a dry spell, I have no religious or esoteric beliefs to cloud my opnion or judgement. I still see no redemption and only compounded misery in a product like this.