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BaDoink! Watch Porn in Virtual Reality

Pornhub, in partnership with BaDoinkVR, is the first free X-rated website to feature 360-degree adult content.

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Not everyone can be a porn star. But, thanks to Pornhub and BaDoinkVR, you can at least pretend to be.

Pornhub today added a virtual reality category to its site, powered by BaDoinkVR, so you can watch free adult content in VR.

Videos can be viewed through most virtual reality headsets, including Oculus Rift, Samsung Gear VR, and Google Cardboard with Android and iOS mobile devices. But most people aren't going to shell out $1,500 for a Rift and Oculus-certified PC just to get off. So Pornhub is giving away 10,000 pairs of "virtual reality goggles" (a foldable Cardboard-like contraption) to ensure viewers get the "immersive experience."

If you'd rather pay up, the subscription-based BaDoinkVR, meanwhile, is offering a limited-time 33 percent discount on its service plus the free Cardboard-like VR goggles: one month for $19.95, three months for $39.95, or one year for $69.95 (of course).

"Virtual reality is the next phase in the constantly metamorphosing world of adult entertainment, and will provide users with a mesmeric experience unlike anything they've seen before," Pornhub Vice President Corey Price said in a statement. "Now, our users are not only able to view our content, but be protagonists in the experience and interact with their favorite porn stars."

Citing Piper Jaffray, Pornhub suggested that by 2025, adult VR will be a $1 billion business—the third biggest virtual reality sector, behind video games and NFL-related content.

"After decades of kicks and starts, virtual reality is finally hitting its stride," BaDoinkVR CEO Todd Glider said, citing McDonald's Happy Meal boxes that double as Google Cardboard. "Now Pornhub is tossing its hat in the ring."

This actually isn't Pornhub's first foray into virtual reality,: In July, the company began selling the Twerking Butt—a disembodied derriere that vibrates and twerks on command. Classic and Deluxe versions (for $699 and $999, respectively) come with a VR headset, so you can pretend it's not just you and a plastic butt.

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