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This platform is welcoming sex workers... in the metaverse.

Could this be the future of cybersex and sex work?
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00:00Everything in life is about sex, and sex is about power.
00:10It's been a problem for many centuries that people are being forced to feel shameful about their bodies,
00:18about their sexuality, and about their expression of themselves.
00:22There is a really big education gap when it comes to the whole idea of using technology to enhance our sexuality.
00:34It gives people an opportunity to truly be themselves, to open up their wildest fantasies and dreams and make them a reality.
00:41We're not trying to replace physical interactions with virtual.
00:44If I'm into hardcore BDSM, it doesn't mean that I don't like cuddling, and vice versa.
00:49In the end of the day, one doesn't replace the other.
00:52The goal is to widen the range of experiences we can have and extend them.
00:56We can try and experience new sensations.
00:59We can train our brain to imagine different things and also act in a specific way that you wouldn't be able to do in a physical world
01:09because you are wearing a human biological form.
01:12And in virtual, you don't have to do that anymore.
01:15You can be an octopus, right?
01:16You can be a piece of Lego.
01:18You can be a glowing flying orb.
01:21You can be anything you want to be.
01:22And then if you are embodied in that new creature, how would that new creature feel the sensations that happen in virtual space?
01:31Sex workers were always on the forefront of technology evolution.
01:53If we go all the way back to Tinder when it started, before it went mainstream,
01:58it was highly adopted by sex workers and different online chats and virtual simulators as well.
02:04So it's a natural progression.
02:05At Ardaland, we're welcoming sex workers.
02:08Unfortunately, sex workers are being constantly kicked out from many platforms,
02:14not only in virtual space, but also in the physical space.
02:17They have a lot of problems with being able to take back their earnings.
02:21As the creator who works in the industry, you would be getting back about 60% of your earnings
02:26after all commissions, taxes, charges, and everything.
02:37Obviously, it's a very safe space for them to be able to do anything that their client wants to do,
02:42because there is no physical damage that can possibly happen.
02:46Of course, people still can be offended on a verbal level.
02:50How is it to prevent such things from happening?
02:52We have different systems in place.
02:55So any user on a platform can ban another user.
02:58They disappear from that person's presence.
03:01We're going to be launching creator rooms that will be available to any type of creator
03:06that they can use and basically run their sessions, their activities in those rooms,
03:11or showcase their NFTs and monetize through those as well.
03:16I like to call Ardaland an adult playground.
03:18When people are in line and aware of their sexuality, they're in line and aware of their power.
03:25It's a very safe space for them to be able to do anything that their client wants to do.