[PC Magazine]
The future of porn? Men and women huddled around smartphones and tablets watching free “tube” sites, according to a survey of executives and performers in the adult entertainment industry. …
3D
In 3D, for example, 52 percent of those surveyed said that they agreed with the statement, “There will be limited consumer demand; select producers will profit”. Twenty-nine percent said there would be no demand for 3D content, and just 19 percent thought it “would usher in great profits for the industry”.
Although 3D technology started being ushered in in 2010, concerns about the viability of 3D movies surfaced even then. And two adult film titans quoted by the study put its future in doubt.
“No more than the 1960s when it became the phenomenon of cinema,” Larry Flynt, chief executive of Larry Flynt Publications, said when asked about the future of 3D. “I don’t think there’ll be a great future for it.”
“It seems that 3D is certainly not there yet,” added Steven Hirsch, the founder of Vivid Entertainment. “This could change quickly when glasses-free 3D televisions finally make their way into the marketplace. Unfortunately, this won’t happen overnight and until then it’s really a non-starter.” …
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