#real-time tech

[wgch]

How Technology is Revolutionizing Virtual Intimacy in Real-Time

In the digital age, the boundaries between physical and virtual intimacy are blurring. More people are exploring real-time connections online — not just for communication, but for genuine emotional and sensual interaction.

As platforms evolve, so does the way we form relationships. Real-time chat technologies, webcam interfaces, and immersive interaction spaces have become powerful tools for building deeper digital connections. But what is powering this evolution? How do these platforms work behind the scenes?

In this in-depth article, we explore:

✅ How real-time platforms are built technically ✅ What makes them different from static profile-based services ✅ Why users are migrating to interactive spaces ✅ And how this shift is shaping modern virtual intimacy

If you’re curious about the technology behind virtual adult communication, and where it's headed next — this read is for you.

👉 Explore the full article here

Whether you're a tech enthusiast, digital intimacy researcher, or simply interested in the evolution of connection, this article offers a fresh perspective.

[meanderfall]

decided that the reason why 2003 splinter can be so laid back at times about the adventures his sons get up to is bc he knows he's unleashed hellions upon the world

[here-comes-the-moose]

Okay so we all know the Bad Batch is unhinged, right? And they have a bunch of crazy plans, right?

How probable is it that they had a classic “flirt as a diversion method” plan?

[mikesbasementbeets]

Stranger Things: The First Shadow

[vynnyal]

OK, fair warning to the few people I actually managed to convince to try the game??

Rain world does NOT play like hollow knight, and you'll get your butt kicked if you approach it like that.

It's really hard. Like, really hard. Instead of the game literally giving you abilities in the form of power-ups and damage buffs, the only abilities you gain is from what you learn and your own ingenuity. You're a rat from beginning to end. If you just beef your way through it, it's gonna suck and you're gonna be confused and frustrated all the time. But if you pay attention, take it slow, and learn how the ai works and how everything interacts with each other, you can consistently get through and dominate situations you thought were impossible to do so when you first began. Now get out there, kill some lizards, and bully some old computers!

[24kei]

yeah i think he does deserve a smoke break after that 1st hellish shift

[tendermiasma]

really enjoy your bg3 art!! especially your oc Clover! he's so stunning i was wondering if you took any inspiration from yourself for him?

Thank you so much! lol I'm always a little shy about this since red hair is a very marked feature and so it gets some accusations, but we do both have it! Truthfully I just like coloring it and I thought it fit him well :,)

I'm sharing this mainly because the funniest thing possible happened to me last month-- It's covered with makeup but you can see a long, fresh cut running from my cheekbone down to my chin. Most traumatic cosplay.

[emo-crowgirl]

Another good reason to play around with the whole “Miko is a glitch” Theory/Headcanon/whatever you’d call it, even ignoring canon’s “evidence” or the fact that if any of the techs were a glitch, Miko would be the most likely candidate, is the fact that out of all of the Techs, Miko is the person that would take learning that information THE WORST out of all of them.

Even ignoring that moment in Going Going Gauntlet where she has a brief existential crisis over if Ally is technically alive or not, think about Miko for a minute.

Practically her entire life she’s been an outsider in some way. Most other kids her age either know her as “that one kid who kicked Ralphie Bear’s head off at someone’s birthday party” or “that weird girl in the arcade with the high score in Rock ‘Em Sockers”. (And it’s slightly implied the series of events went Rock ‘Em Sockers -> Birthday Incident with Miko (having just moved to Bailey) originally getting herself noticed through Rock ‘Em Sockers only for everything to come crashing down when she was invited to that birthday party.) She’s had basically no real friends besides a few people she plays online games with until very recently when she met Five and even in her own family she’s a bit of a black sheep. And Miko is fully aware of all of this.

Miko desperately wants friends and she’s terrified of the possibility of losing the few friends she does have. She’s scared of being seen as “the weird kid” or “not normal” or anything that could potentially push people away from her. Just look at The Glitch Modder for one of the best examples. Mitch’s comments about Miko being weird, everyone else being unnerved by her reset immunity and ESPECIALLY Miko finding out that Five also sees her immunity as something strange sets her off for the whole day because of exactly what I’ve said before.

Miko desperately wants to be viewed as normal (most likely because she’s been othered before for being “weird”) and seeing everyone else’s immediate reactions to her immunity and especially the reaction of Five, her literal best friend, has to be pretty soul crushing to her. That’s also why Mitch’s comments get under Miko’s skin so easily here. It’s a massive pressure point for her.

Even as a much smaller point, we have Miko’s reaction to Five calling her Meeks. She hates it, but lies and goes along with it anyways because she’s afraid of doing anything that could even risk pushing Five away from her. It’s a tiny point, but still worth bringing up because it’s a tiny example of Miko just being desperate have friends.

So take all of that into account, and then look me in the eyes and tell me with a straight face that Miko would take learning that she’s not human but in fact one of the literal MONSTERS that she and her friends regularly hunt down even REMOTELY well. It is maybe one of the worst possible things that could ever happen to her.

[mithrilwren]

Guess who's officially employed after six long months of searching!! Woo!!

[praise-the-lord-im-dead]

Really weirded out when people insist a setting is medieval because it's fantasy and there are swords

[probadbatch]

Headcanon that Echo still quotes regulations from time to time but these days he just blatantly makes shit up and everyone just assumes he's for real because he says it in such a deadpan serious voice and he will shamelessly abuse this in order to get what he wants

[stupidlittlespirit]

I tried drawing reeda because I love her. I have no idea what you had in mind for her design so I just re-read the chapter and went off of what your description was the best that I could. She gives me Painter vibes from pressure

I LOVE THISSSSSSSSSSSSS THANK YOU!!!!!! Ford absolutely has a mini monitor like this in each room so he can see its messages!

Honestly REEDA's main design in my head fits Ford's lab, so it's a very retro cassette-futuristic style like you've illustrated. Think: how did people imagine the future was going to look in 197-something. All Commodores and IBM and thick plastic etc.

Ford's lab in mtb is designed with that exact aesthetic in mind, so terminals and things like this were at the forefront of my mind:

These types of terminals are primarily in the mainframe room that Reader goes through to access the lab. It's all set up with things like the above. Whereas REEDA's central screens in the main body of the lab look more like the ones in The Forbin Project:

Except they're a mix of both of those aesthetics, so they're weirdly long CRT monitors suspended in a similar layout to the above!

Here's another ss from Forbin bc it works along similar lines! And also it's a great movie and you should watch it!

[v3rsi]

✧ 2008

[findafight]

Little headcanon I've been brewing for like over a year is that Claudia Henderson was a tech/computer programmer for the legitimate side of Hawkins Lab prior to season one, so after everything goes down Dustin is very obviously not really happy with his mom working at an evil government lab that uses the legit energy side to cover up the evil child experimentation side. He begs her to find a different job because he hates the lab, tries to reason with her that it's farther out of town than other places she could work at, and Dustin is wary of the woods after Will. She obviously doesn't want to distress her kid, and dotes on him, so looks into other jobs despite the lab being reliable and government funded. If nothing shakes out it's fine but if it does Dustin will be happy.

Turns out a few places like the mayor's office and the police station and the library are all considering beginning digitization, and maybe the hours are worse and it's at three different locations, but it's a city job and she's still doing what she loves and is good at. Dustin is incredibly relieved she stopped working at the lab, even if he could never fully articulate why he suddenly hated her working there so much, but she's glad her Dusty is more comfortable now, possibly because he knows he'll be able to bike to her more easily now if something happens?

And THEN the demodog infestation and S2 lab scandal breaks and Claudia is watching the news thanking God she got the hell out of there a year prior, well clear of the blast radius and saving her life, wondering what the hell Dustin knew that made him so insistent she leave...

[floorpancakes]

I started having a 5am mental breakdown so I thought about douwata and it helped

[scipunk]

Ghost in the Shell SAC_2045 (2020)