The meandering thoughts of two curious humanauts drifting through minds, realities, and the delectable mélange of our gestalt sentient meat-space. <br/><br/><a href="https://brainsstew.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast">brainsstew.substack.com</a>
Reality Quest
Claim This Podcastby Jay Silvas & Kelly Campelia
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The meandering thoughts of two curious humanauts drifting through minds, realities, and the delectable mélange of our gestalt sentient meat-space. <br/><br/><a href="https://brainsstew.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast">brainsstew.substack.com</a>
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Recent Episodes
May 11, 2020
Ep17 | Bonus Thoughts On Thoughts - Sex Tech, Robots, and Identity
This conversation was originally intended for release prior to Ep15 w/ Ela Darling. Enjoy the extra episode!<br/><br/>DISCLAIMER: This recording discusses many adult topics. Some of the links below lead to sites containing adult content.<br/><br/>**Show Notes**<br/>- Excellent talk about latest Sex Tech: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoDWCb3wAD4" class="linkified" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoDWCb3wAD4</a><br/><br/>Teledildonics<br/>- <a href="https://www.lovense.com/cam-model" class="linkified" target="_blank">https://www.lovense.com/cam-model</a><br/>- <a href="https://www.wearablex.com/pages/fundawear" class="linkified" target="_blank">https://www.wearablex.com/pages/fundawear</a><br/>- <a href="https://virtualrealityreporter.com/your-guide-to-interactive-sex-toys-for-virtual-reality-porn/" class="linkified" target="_blank">https://virtualrealityreporter.com/your-guide-to-interactive-sex-toys-for-virtual-reality-porn/</a><br/>- Blade Runner 2049 scene reference: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuV2c-6js8w" class="linkified" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuV2c-6js8w</a><br/><br/>Social XR intimacy<br/>- ViRo Club: <a href="https://viro.club/" class="linkified" target="_blank">https://viro.club/</a><br/>- Support them! <a href="https://www.patreon.com/ViRoClub" class="linkified" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/ViRoClub</a><br/>- ProjektMelody virtual cam model: <a href="https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/epgbz4/projekt-melody-hentai-anime-camgirl-chaturbate?utm_source=mbtwitter" class="linkified" target="_blank">https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/epgbz4/projekt-melody-hentai-anime-camgirl-chaturbate?utm_source=mbtwitter</a><br/>- Robot brothels: <a href="https://www.the-sun.com/lifestyle/tech/265842/what-is-a-robot-sex-doll-are-there-sex-robot-brothels-in-paris-and-italy-and-how-much-do-they-cost/vb" class="linkified" target="_blank">https://www.the-sun.com/lifestyle/tech/265842/what-is-a-robot-sex-doll-are-there-sex-robot-brothels-in-paris-and-italy-and-how-much-do-they-cost/vb</a><br/>- Gatebox: <a href="https://www.gatebox.ai/en/" class="linkified" target="_blank">https://www.gatebox.ai/en/</a> —<br/>- Her (movie): <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1798709/?ref_=nmawd_awd_1" class="linkified" target="_blank">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1798709/?ref_=nmawd_awd_1</a><br/>- Lars and the Real Girl (movie): <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0805564/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0" class="linkified" target="_blank">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0805564/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0</a><br/>- Demolition Man (movie):** <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106697/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0" class="linkified" target="_blank">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106697/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0</a><br/>- 3D printed sex toys (one of many sources): <a href="http://makerlove.com/" class="linkified" target="_blank">http://makerlove.com/</a><br/>- ASMR "Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response" (one example of many): - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuV7lEo2U48" class="linkified" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuV7lEo2U48</a><br/>- Vagina dentata myths: <a href="https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/payq79/pussy-bites-back-vagina-" class="linkified" target="_blank">https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/payq79/pussy-bites-back-vagina-</a> -dentata-myths-from-around-the-world<br/>- OMG Yes study in women's pleasure + technique collection/app: <a href="https://www.omgyes.com/" class="linkified" target="_blank">https://www.omgyes.com/</a><br/>- Erotica and Pornography: <a href="https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/erotic-vs-pornographic" class="linkified" target="_blank">https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/erotic-vs-pornographic</a><br/>- Dan Savage: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Savage" class="linkified" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Savage</a><br/>- HUMP! Film Festival: <a href="https://humpfilmfest.com/" class="linkified" target="_blank">https://humpfilmfest.com/</a><br/>- Illusory embodiment and gender swapping (The Machine to be Another/ BeAnotherLab): <a href="http://beanotherlab.org/home/work/tmtba/" class="linkified" target="_blank">http://beanotherlab.org/home/work/tmtba/</a><br/>- Gender Roles Theory: <a href="https://search.proquest.com/openview/2a1538ddf042c4613c100a69881e1b26/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y" class="linkified" target="_blank">https://search.proquest.com/openview/2a1538ddf042c4613c100a69881e1b26/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y</a><br/>- Being John Malkovich (movie): <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120601/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0" class="linkified" target="_blank">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120601/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0</a><br/>- Sense8 (tv show): <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2431438/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1" class="linkified" target="_blank">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2431438/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1</a><br/>- Black Mirror - Striking Vipers <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2019/06/black-mirror-season-5-striking-vipers-review/590743/" class="linkified" target="_blank">https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2019/06/black-mirror-season-5-striking-vipers-review/590743/</a><br/><br/>Advice On Parental Controls<br/>It seems like parental controls are lacking in general with XR but here are some suggestions that may help:<br/>App purchases require a credit card and/or a PIN- make sure the parent is in control of this.<br/>For any app you purchase, do some online research to understand if it is considered kid-friendly.<br/>An example of a helpful website: <a href="https://www.commonsensemedia.org/reviews/category/game/platform/oculus-quest-88292" class="linkified" target="_blank">https://www.commonsensemedia.org/reviews/category/game/platform/oculus-quest-88292</a> .<br/>Make sure VR is always played in open visible areas in the house... You can look into "Mirroring" or "Casting" to ensure you can see what they see (e.g. <a href="https://www.oqplay.com/how-to/how-to-cast-your-oculus-quest-to-a-mobile-or-tv-display/" class="linkified" target="_blank">https://www.oqplay.com/how-to/how-to-cast-your-oculus-quest-to-a-mobile-or-tv-display/</a>).<br/>If you are using a headset that connects to a desktop - ensure there are parental controls on the internet or apps on the desktop like Steam - since that is where the headset is pulling content from.<br/>Just like video games, some VR apps/experiences have multi-player social interaction which opens the child up to cursing, harassment and other bad actor behavior. Approach this the same way you do with video games to protect the child. We suggest you also use this as an opportunity to help prepare them and coach them about/ through bullying as you need to do with uncontrollable social interactions at school or elsewhere.<br/>Share your feedback and feature requests with the XR companies through their websites or on social media in order to amplify the need for more integrated and reliable parental controls. <br/><br/>Get full access to Brain Stew🥘 at <a href="https://brainsstew.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4">brainsstew.substack.com/subscribe</a>
April 27, 2020
Ep16 | Thoughts On Thoughts - Columbus, You Basic
Welcome back, intrepid explorers! We've come a long way together, and it feels like a good place to begin wrapping up this leg of our journey. We've spent a lot of time over the past year chasing down a myriad of "wonderful human beings", seen new friendships bloom, and learned far more than we ever could have hoped for along the way. A long voyage like this deserves time for respite and reflection, so this will be our final episode for this season of Reality Quest. While we can't make any promises as to what the next creative endeavor will be for us, one thing is certain; this won't be our last foray together.<br/>We're hoping you read the title for this episode and anticipate that this will be a more freeform discourse than usual. You'll just have to listen and see where all the Christopher Columbus shade is coming from. We've both had a lot on our minds over the past few weeks after tying up all those loose ends on our deep dive into XR intimacy and porn. By the end of this recording, we'll lay down a veritable smorgasbord of tasty tangents. We wade through the speculative worlds of interactive storytelling and gameplay, the colorful humans in the loop of every virtual creation, and share a healthy dose of reflection on our learnings thus far. <br/>We hope you'll enjoy listening to this final dialogue as much as we enjoyed making it. If you manage to finish this episode and are still hungry for more, keep an eye out for bonus content we'll be releasing soon. As always, thanks for listening to Reality Quest!<br/><br/>**Show Notes**<br/>- Paul McCartney's "Scrambled Eggs" (performed by Paul McCartney & Jimmy Fallon): (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGtixkey4_U" class="linkified" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGtixkey4_U</a>)<br/>- Billie Eilish on Howard Stern: (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnTHwzCxxyA" class="linkified" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnTHwzCxxyA</a>)<br/>- Bartle's Taxonomy of Player Types: (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartle_taxonomy_of_player_types#cite_note-43" class="linkified" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartle_taxonomy_of_player_types#cite_note-43</a>)<br/>- Half-Life: Alyx (VR game): (<a href="https://www.half-life.com/en/alyx/" class="linkified" target="_blank">https://www.half-life.com/en/alyx/</a>)<br/>- Life is Strange (video game): (<a href="https://lifeisstrange.square-enix-games.com/en-us/games/life-is-strange" class="linkified" target="_blank">https://lifeisstrange.square-enix-games.com/en-us/games/life-is-strange</a>)<br/>- Journey (video game): (<a href="https://thatgamecompany.com/journey/" class="linkified" target="_blank">https://thatgamecompany.com/journey/</a>)<br/>- Hamlet on the Holodeck(book): (<a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B014DXC05M/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1" class="linkified" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/dp/B014DXC05M/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1</a>)<br/>- Christopher Columbus: (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Columbus" class="linkified" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Columbus</a>)<br/>- Erik the Red: (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_the_Red" class="linkified" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_the_Red</a>)<br/>- Leif Erikson: (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leif_Erikson" class="linkified" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leif_Erikson</a>)<br/>- Gloomy Eyes* (VR game): (<a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/1111620/Gloomy_Eyes/" class="linkified" target="_blank">https://store.steampowered.com/app/1111620/Gloomy_Eyes/</a>)<br/>- Warm Bodies (a zombie love story movie!): (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07s-cNFffDM" class="linkified" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07s-cNFffDM</a>)<br/>- Stephen King's *The Stand* (book): (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stand" class="linkified" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stand</a>)<br/>- Sleep No More* (immersive theater show): (<a href="https://mckittrickhotel.com/sleep-no-more/" class="linkified" target="_blank">https://mckittrickhotel.com/sleep-no-more/</a>)<br/>- Shelter 2 (bobcat video game): (<a href="https://youtu.be/Tk-1M1wNVDY" class="linkified" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/Tk-1M1wNVDY</a>)<br/>- Colors of Noise: (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colors_of_noise" class="linkified" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colors_of_noise</a>)<br/>- Disoriental (book about Iranian Revolution): (<a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079P59631/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1" class="linkified" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079P59631/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1</a>)<br/>- Persepolis (graphic novel about Iranian Revolution): (<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Persepolis-Childhood-Pantheon-Graphic-Library/dp/037571457X" class="linkified" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/Persepolis-Childhood-Pantheon-Graphic-Library/dp/037571457X</a>) <br/><br/>Get full access to Brain Stew🥘 at <a href="https://brainsstew.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4">brainsstew.substack.com/subscribe</a>
April 14, 2020
Reality Quest Ep15 | Virtual Intimacy, Pornography, & Sexuality with Ela Darling
*Disclaimer: We discuss some topics in this episode that may be considered explicit in nature or NSFW.*<br/><br/>Welcome back to our comfy little corner of the metaverse! We're glad you're here and incredibly excited to finally release an episode on virtual intimacy and adult experiences in XR. Plans have been in the works to bring on the wonderful Ela Darling for quite some time to help us explore this particular niche. Since we couldn't fly to see her, we were finally compelled to get on a call together in this new fully-remote world.<br/><br/>We approached this topic and conversation from an angle of curiosity, with a few questions in mind that we wanted to explore:<br/><br/>- What is possible now and in the near future in the space of intimacy and adult content through virtual reality?<br/>- What are the unique challenges faced as well as lessons learned in designing and creating within this space?<br/>- How are people protecting ownership of their content and representation in the virtual domain?<br/>- How is this medium changing our perceptions of pornography and intimate connection?<br/><br/>We wanted to get a better view of this evolving industry and understand it from the perspective of those working and innovating within it. Ela is a huge advocate for performers working within the industry and is also insatiably curious to find new ways to utilize technology to enhance these experiences. We swept through a range of topics with her, from her initial origins in the space to how she got involved in various forms of live camming, developing virtual avatars, and creating immersive filmed experiences.<br/><br/>She's helped explore many of these domains first hand, and now spends much of her time helping teams like Viro Playspace to build evocative, fully-virtual experiences for people to explore and play. We had so much fun getting to know Ela and sharing in the many insights she has gathered over her past decade in the industry. We hope you enjoy this episode and learn something new, as we certainly did in our research and conversation. Thanks for listening!<br/><br/>*Warning: contains links to adult content*<br/><br/>- **Ela Tedx Talk:** [<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9HpC65Pfz4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9HpC65Pfz4)" class="linkified" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9HpC65Pfz4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9HpC65Pfz4)</a><br/>- **Vex Ruby:** [<a href="https://www.plexstorm.com/stream/vexruby](https://www.plexstorm.com/stream/vexruby)—" class="linkified" target="_blank">https://www.plexstorm.com/stream/vexruby](https://www.plexstorm.com/stream/vexruby)—</a><br/>- **ViRo Playspace:** [<a href="https://viro.club/](https://viro.club/)" class="linkified" target="_blank">https://viro.club/](https://viro.club/)</a><br/>- ***"A Cam Life"* (documentary)**: [<a href="https://www.hulu.com/movie/a-cam-life-b9a69bd3-8ae5-41c8-8260-f505632826bb](https://www.hulu.com/movie/a-cam-life-b9a69bd3-8ae5-41c8-8260-f505632826bb)" class="linkified" target="_blank">https://www.hulu.com/movie/a-cam-life-b9a69bd3-8ae5-41c8-8260-f505632826bb](https://www.hulu.com/movie/a-cam-life-b9a69bd3-8ae5-41c8-8260-f505632826bb)</a><br/>- **AVN Adult Entertainment Expo**: [<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AVN_Adult_Entertainment_Expo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AVN_Adult_Entertainment_Expo)" class="linkified" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AVN_Adult_Entertainment_Expo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AVN_Adult_Entertainment_Expo)</a><br/>- **Lovense** (teledildonics): [<a href="https://www.lovense.com/](https://www.lovense.com/)" class="linkified" target="_blank">https://www.lovense.com/](https://www.lovense.com/)</a><br/>- **Silicon Valley Virtual Reality**: [<a href="https://www.svvr.com/](https://www.svvr.com/)" class="linkified" target="_blank">https://www.svvr.com/](https://www.svvr.com/)</a><br/>- **Black Box Collection:** [<a href="https://blackboxvrxxx.com/](https://blackboxvrxxx.com/)" class="linkified" target="_blank">https://blackboxvrxxx.com/](https://blackboxvrxxx.com/)</a><br/>- **Follow Ela:**<br/> - [<a href="https://www.instagram.com/eladarling/](https://www.instagram.com/eladarling/)" class="linkified" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/eladarling/](https://www.instagram.com/eladarling/)</a><br/> - [<a href="https://twitter.com/eladarling?lang=en](https://twitter.com/eladarling?lang=en)" class="linkified" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/eladarling?lang=en](https://twitter.com/eladarling?lang=en)</a> <br/><br/>Get full access to Brain Stew🥘 at <a href="https://brainsstew.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4">brainsstew.substack.com/subscribe</a>
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