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12Sep/18Off

Take a Rollercoaster Ride Through a Duck’s Vagina in Virtual Reality

Screenshot_20180910-155452Because I study genital evolution, having animals trained in this matter was very useful. Muscovy ducks are also fairly promiscuous, so that is another beneficial thing about them.”

As we begin the VR experience, Brennan shows me a few photos of ducks—standing, mating, generally chillin’ out—while a CGI duck stands in the “room” in front of me and preens.

I’m proud of this duck, actually. Each twist and turn inside this labyrinthine reproductive system is a new challenge, to be met only by the most worthy mate.

“We kind of felt like VR might lend itself well to this form of immersive storytelling,” he told me in an email. “Plus, Patricia and her team had a 3D scan of a duck vagina, which I knew could be inserted into a 3D world really nicely. We shrunk the viewer down, inserted the 3D vagina model, programmed the journey and then... voila.”

See the full story here: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/59azyk/vr-duck-genetalia-explorer-duck-vagina-app

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