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“The units can be used together to create virtual dates with a real model,” Rinaldo said.
Currently, RealTouch is working with live cam models so RealTouch users can have a
more intimate and organic experience, he said. “You can make that mental connection
with a live model that can’t be done with content on a screen,” Rinaldo noted.
Rinaldo said AEBN has completed the first round of beta testing and is launching
RealTouch Interactive on June 1. The company is already looking toward the future for
new applications of the technologies for more products, including a site aimed at members
of the military.
“This isn’t technology that’s just limited to use with porn stars on a cam site,” he added.
“Eventually, it will open up for online swingers clubs, and then move on beyond the adult
industry for couples in long-distance relationship situations.”
Mojowijo is another product that has taken the idea of cyberdildonics to a new level
with motion-activated body massagers. Mojowijo, a product of SKDu LLC, got
its start when Steve DuMosch was involved in a long-distance relationship. While
there were products available that he could plug into his computer to satisfy himself, and
even other items that he could use remotely on his girlfriend, “they all involved plugging
into a computer and using a mouse or keyboard to control the action on the other per-
son,” he said. “I thought it can’t be that hard to come up with something that both part-
ners can use on each other over long distances, but then that relationship ended and the
project kind of fell by the wayside.”
When the American left his job with Microsoft to move to Switzerland, partly because
of another relationship, the idea of Mojowijo was revived. He soon met a German design
student who used the motion sensor technology in the Wii gaming remote to create a
vibrating product, and things took off from there.
Mojowijo works via motion2vibration technology, which allows the devices to control
each other over Skype, so that when one party connects a Mojowijo to a Wii remote and
then to an internet-connected PC, the motions on their end will trigger vibrations on the
other party’s Mojowijo. Mojowijo can also be used in the same room, and as a standalone
vibrator. Both male and female attachments are available.
“The difference between Mojowijo and other products is that they are interactive both
ways,” he said. “They can control each other at the same time. So many other products are
one-directional, such as a man controlling a fucking machine for a woman.”
The decision to use the Wii remote controls made sense, since there are at least 70 mil-
lion devices worldwide.
“They had done the work with developing the motion control technology, and we just
capitalized on it,” he said.
But, DuMosch said, it was important for the massagers to be used on their own (they
can operate on batteries, as well as when attached to Wii remotes). He admits they might
appeal more to the “geek crowd,” but notes they are perfect for people familiar with gam-
ing as well as couples in long-distance relationships.
“More and more people are entering into and staying in long-distance relationships
these days, and technology is helping them to overcome the hurdles of being apart and
wanting to be intimate,” he said. “For example, in Europe, it’s almost normal for people to
be dating someone from another town or even another country when they are in their 20s.”
The Mojowijo is the first of “an explosion of devices that will come out,” DuMosch said.
“Once the technology and the capabilities are out there, people will get used to them
and start demanding more,” he said. ||
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