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‘Until a reboot do us part’: Japanese guys are marrying VR brides (VIDEO) ‘Until a reboot do us part’: Japanese guys are marrying VR brides (VIDEO)
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Japanese men are tieing the digital knot with Virtual Reality brides – and the ceremony is just as strange as it sounds. Japanese men are tying the digital knot with Virtual Reality brides – and the ceremony is just as strange as it sounds.
Footage from a bizarre ceremony in Tokyo Friday shows a suited Japanese groom exchanging vows with his cartoon VR girlfriend.Footage from a bizarre ceremony in Tokyo Friday shows a suited Japanese groom exchanging vows with his cartoon VR girlfriend.
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The ‘couple’ exchange vows and gaze into each other's eyes via VR headset before engaging in a remarkably awkward first kiss as husband and wife in front of their equally 'real' wedding guests.The ‘couple’ exchange vows and gaze into each other's eyes via VR headset before engaging in a remarkably awkward first kiss as husband and wife in front of their equally 'real' wedding guests.
The concept stems from the anime video game 'Niitzuma Lovely x Cation' in which players can develop and foster relationships with virtual girlfriends.The concept stems from the anime video game 'Niitzuma Lovely x Cation' in which players can develop and foster relationships with virtual girlfriends.
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For players in particularly committed relationships with their anime paramours, the game’s creators developed a way for the couples to be joined together in virtual matrimony.For players in particularly committed relationships with their anime paramours, the game’s creators developed a way for the couples to be joined together in virtual matrimony.
No update as of yet on how the couple spent their first night as husband and wife. On a separate note, VR sex suits are now a thing.No update as of yet on how the couple spent their first night as husband and wife. On a separate note, VR sex suits are now a thing.