Not enough "ugh"s in the world

[deelaundry]

OK, I'm the first to admit that when it comes to sex I'm a fantasy gal. Fantasies are good and fun. Sex is about the mind, in addition to the body.

But this is just so freakin' sterile, in addition to reducing women from whole people to -- not even "just a body," but a projected image of a body. Ugh.

Sleep With Virtual Women At Hard Rock Vegas
January 5, 2010
A lot of eyebrow-raising stuff has been known to go down at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Las Vegas. But would you believe guests at this Sin City party haven can now sleep with virtual women and play billiards on a table of flames? It’s true, sort of, thanks to the wonders of modern technology.

The hotel’s newly opened HRH Towers has some specialty penthouses that put some high-resolution video displays to some pretty unique (and awesome) uses. Hard Rock and architect Mark Zeff have teamed up with Obscura Digital to combine technology and design, creating a series of large-scale immersive environments, holographic projections and laser images.

First, let’s look at The Provocateur Suite, which uses sensors to detect when someone lies on the bed, immediately producing silloutte images of women elsewhere on the bed. Ever wanted to snuggle with light? Here’s your chance!





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Comments

[calamitysxchild.livejournal.com]

creeeeepy

[blackmare.livejournal.com]

Okay, that's just ... "skeevy" doesn't even begin. I'm ... it's more in the "Get the hell away from me, you psycho stalker" range.

[nightdog-barks.livejournal.com]

That's ... some interesting technology, but it looks like you'd be sleeping with ghosts.

[blackmare.livejournal.com]

Thank you for pinpointing why it is that I think, "What kind of messed-up individual would actually WANT to do this?" There's a taint of death about it -- hence my psycho stalker reaction.

I am at the Art Center now, and class officially began 18 minutes ago, but nobody has showed up. This doesn't surprise me at all; pretty much what I expected. Fortunately I have stuff to play with while I'm here. :-)

[hibernia1.livejournal.com]

This is... fairly disturbing.

[remydoodle.livejournal.com]

How pathetic would you have to be to want to sleep with a shadow?
Freaky!

[courtberger.livejournal.com]

The pool table of flames would be really interesting to see. The rest however, no, absolutely not, that's creepy and weird and not weird in a good way.

[moose-mcmoose.livejournal.com]

That's bizarre. I can't say snuggling with light is high up on my lists of things to do.

Although if there was a room where you could be superimposed into a Lord Of The Rings battle I would be there, slaying Orcs and climbing trees.

[srsly-yes.livejournal.com]

A cat would like it... along with a laser pen.

Seriously, is this a guy thing? Who did the suits at the Hard Rock consult on this idea before pouring money into it? Icky.

[hannahrorlove.livejournal.com]

The utter skeeviness and depression - sleeping with light? how sad is that, especially in a city where prostitution's legal? - is tempered by the fact that it's a proto-holodeck.

I really don't want to know who'd pay for something like this at present.

[simmysim.livejournal.com]

I don't even get the point of this. From the images they don't actually look 3D, they look like images projected onto the bed. Like straight onto the bedsheet. It's got all the appeal and sophistication of this http://static.funnyjunk.com/pictures/anime_sheets.jpg

[namasteyoga.livejournal.com]

I'm predicting that's the closest to sleeping with a real women some of the "Avatar" geekboys will get.

(Why yes, I am stereotyping people like my brother, why do you ask?)

ETA: (Avatar is the movie, Pandora is the fake planet.)

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

That is the best word for it!

[taiga13.livejournal.com]

(scratches head) I just don't understand WHY you would want to do that. It's a picture, in light. So what?

[daisylily.livejournal.com]

I don't find it creepy, I just don't see the point of it - it would be like a high-tech version of Star Wars bedding :/

OTOH, having looked at the source article, I would love an animated wall like the 'shark tank' XD

[chocolate-frapp.livejournal.com]

I find it interesting that they seem to be assuming no one wants to sleep with virtual men.

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

Just because Wilson would do it, doesn't mean he approves of it. "You can believe in something and fail to live up to it."

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

Yeah, if you look at the area behind the bed, the giant wall, I think that's a place to project video. It would be fun to put you favorite video or concert video up there and enjoy. It's just the "women on sheets" that is so sterile and ookie. You and Simmysim are right, that it's like printed bedding, and therefore, kind of strange for an adult to want to have.

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

BUT IT COSTS A LOT OF MONEY! HOW CAN IT NOT BE COOL?!?

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

It's so odd. Nightdog brings up the ghost/death aspect, and Simmysim and Daisylily below bring up how you get the same effect from printed bedsheets/comforter.

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

I didn't think of the ghost aspect. Creepy.

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

The pool table with "flames" sounds cool, but the bed thing... no.

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

And how.