--- title: "Meta’s VR Headsets Are Getting a Masturbation Mode" description: "And More Shortly after the Apple Vision Pro's January release, many buyers were horrified to discover that their wildly expensive new headsetS didn't let them download and watch porn. (This isn't all too surprising, given Apple's generally porn-avoidant history. Still, as 404 Media reported, buyers were pissed.) Enter: Meta, which knows what the people buying […]" date: "2024-03-13" modified: "2024-03-13" authors: - name: "Maggie Harrison Dupré" job_title: "Senior Staff Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/mharrison" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/metas-vr-headsets-masturbation-mode" categories: - "Future Society" - "Virtual Reality" tags: - "Meta" - "the digest" - "virtual reality" - "vr porn" --- # Meta’s VR Headsets Are Getting a Masturbation Mode ![Meta's v63 update allows users of its Quest 2 and Quest Pro VR headsets to lay down while using their devices. VR porn enthusiasts, freak on.]() *\Image: Nano Calvo/VW Pics/Universal Images Group via Getty / Futurism\* ## And More Shortly after the Apple Vision Pro's [January release](), many buyers were [horrified to discover]() that their wildly expensive new headsets didn't let them download and watch porn. (This isn't all too surprising, given Apple's [generally porn-avoidant]() history. Still, [as *404 Media* reported](), buyers were pissed.) Enter: Meta, which knows what the people buying its VR headgear really want. Meta [announced]() last week that its latest software update, v63, would let users of its Quest 2 and Quest Pro headsets more comfortably wear their devices while lying down. In a press release, the company noted that "there are myriad reasons you might want to use your Meta Quest headset lying down," explaining that users might want to lay back while watching a made-for-VR David Attenborough series on the Galapagos Islands, attending [bizarre metaverse concerts]() in Horizon Worlds, meditating, "and more." Don't play, Meta... we know what "and more" means. VR porn enthusiasts have been [hankering for a better lying down mode]() for a while, and it seems that CEO Mark Zuckerberg's metaverse team has answered the call. Get cozy and freak on, y'all. ## Unfinished Quest There is one catch to the update, though: lying down mode isn't yet available on the Quest 3, Meta's most advanced consumer-oriented headset to date. But Meta does have a reason for this seeming discrepancy. In an [Ask Me Anything on Instagram]() this week, the company's chief technology officer and Reality Labs head Andrew "Boz" Bosworth addressed the user concern, explaining that Meta is indeed "planning to bring" the horizontal upgrade to the newer headset but has run into some slow-downs due to the Quest 3's differing "[Smart Guardian]()" interface. (Put very simply, Meta's Guardian systems allow users to draw VR boundaries in their real-world space.) "I don't have a date for you exactly," Bosworth continued. "But it is coming, and we're making good progress on it." https://twitter.com/Lunayian/status/1767604430394773650?ref\_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1767604430394773650%7Ctwgr%5E16c3c5eaaa2b1adad386cde16bc335fd12b9d409%7Ctwcon%5Es1\_&ref\_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.redditmedia.com%2Fmediaembed%2F1bdhyp6%2F%3Fresponsive%3Dtrueis\_nightmode%3Dfalse Of course, masturbation isn't the only reason why a Quest user might want to be able to more functionally lay back while wearing their headset. It's also certainly worth noting that the Instagram user who asked Bosworth about the update during his AMA explained that it would make their Quest 3 experience as a disabled person far more comfortable — an important accessibility consideration for Meta, which [urges its]() "commitment to inclusive design" in its Quest documentation. That said, some netizens' minds seem pretty fixated on the "and more" of it all. "It's for porn," one Redditor wrote in response to the above AMA snippet, [shared yesterday to a thread]() in the r/OculusQuest subreddit, "right?" **More on VR porn:** [*Apple Fans Horrified to Discover Vision Pro Can’t Play VR Porn*]() ## Author At Futurism, I've reported extensively on the rise of AI as a cultural and business force shaping the media industry, and more broadly how those dynamics are changing how we all consume and share information and relate to one another. I'm also fascinated by public health policy and ethics, the role of emerging tech in politics and governance — and the powerful people and forces at those intersections — climate change, and the environment. My investigation on Sports Illustrated's use of AI-generated authors with fictional biographies won a 2024 Mirror Award for "Best Story on Media Coverage of Artificial Intelligence in Journalism and the Media" from Syracuse University's SI Newhouse School, I contributed to Niemen Lab's 2025 Predictions for Journalism series, and I've discussed my work for Futurism during appearances on NPR, CNN, the BBC, the CBC, and more. I grew up in rural Pennsylvania and attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where I played Division I field hockey for the Minutewomen as a midfielder. Since then, I've lived in New Orleans, Louisiana and Manhattan, New York. I spend my free time running, reading, perusing archival fashion, and searching for the world’s best negroni. I also have a debonair tuxedo cat, Westley, who's named after "The Princess Bride." ### Author social links [Bluesky]()