Motion capture suits will spice up virtual sex

No matter how beautiful the sex animations are in your favorite virtual playground, they can't compete with the movement of your own body. How soon will we be slipping gracefully into motion-capture suits or using 3-D cameras to capture those uniquely natural moves and engage our entire bodies in online sexual adventures, rather than limping along with keyboard and mouse? Sooner than you might think. Kevin Alderman, who's already infamous for the sex animations his company Strokerz Toyz creates for Second Life, ... Full Story

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