The sex biz is a key adopter of new technologies. So what’s next?
The adult industry is famously quick to embrace new technology, and it’s been an early adopter of everything from streaming video to multi-angle DVD and high definition video – so what the adult industry adopts today, the mainstream is likely to adopt tomorrow.
With Porn 1.0 the industry delivered pictures and video; with 2.0 it delivered fan sites, social networking and YouTube-style video portals. So what’s – ahem – coming soon? We discover the tech that’s getting adult producers excited.
Here comes HD
Adult producers were quick to embrace high-definition DVD – and some, such as Vivid Adult Entertainment, dubbed the “Microsoft of Porn”, embraced both HD DVD and Blu-ray. With HD DVD already dead, we asked Vivid co-founder Steven Hirsch if Blu-ray has a long term future. “The Blu-ray business is steady, probably decreasing a little bit, although that’s probably because there are a lot more Blu-ray titles being released so individual unit sales have decreased,” he says. (more…)
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