Cybersex heads to the masses

0 Comments | AFP, June, 2006

PARIS (AFP) — Cybersex, until now a niche market for nerds, is poised to open up to the masses thanks to new user-friendly software, New Scientist reports.

At present, cybersex is practised among so-called sex communities, in which small groups of people interact via animated 3D characters called avatars.

"But it's not easy to enter the sex communities," the British weekly explains in a report to be published on Saturday.

"To begin with, customising a beginner-level avatar into a sexual being is difficult and expensive: genitalia, outfits, more realistic skin and hair, and sexual moves all cost extra unless you can programme them for yourself."

All this is now due to change, it says.

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