Adult Performer and VR pioneer Ela Darling partnered with ViRo Playspace, an immersive, erotic adult application, to release a new VR experience called “Ela’s Dreamscape” on Steam this week.

“It was an incredibly surreal experience for me, making my debut as a video game character,” said Darling, who is also the Marketing Director for ViRo Playspace. “I spent a day in a high-end motion capture studio wearing a mocap suit and then recorded my facial movements and voice in an elaborate neck rig. It’s the least naked I’ve been in the process of creating porn, but the final product is incredible. Virtual Ela even has all of my tattoos.”

Set in an ethereal plane of crystals and light, the experience features Darling as a goddess whose desires shape the elements of the world around her. At the start of the scene, the viewer is prompted to indicate their gender and the sexual aspects that unfold later are tailored to their selection.

In addition to starring in the experience, Darling also had a hand in the creation and direction. “From the very beginning, it was made clear that this was my experience and I was the one who would decide how I’m depicted and how the scene plays out,” she noted. “I had a lot of creative control. I chose to include a little bit of foot play where the viewer has to give me a foot rub to continue to the end of the scene.”

After several successful releases centered on fictional characters, “Ela’s Dreamscape” marks ViRo Playspace’s first collaboration with an adult film persona.

“Working with Ela was sort of a test case for ViRo Playspace in creating worlds and avatars based on adult performers. The company’s focus is creating a safe, judgement-free, sex-positive space for everyone,” said Justin Moravetz, CEO of ViRo Playspace. “In addition to her talent as a performer, we wanted to use Ela’s experience in adult industry activism to ensure the process is inclusive and respectful of the performer from start to finish.”

The company recently re-released upgraded versions of all of the experiences in ViRo Playspace on Steam as DLC (downloadable content) last week. The application, which is available to both VR users and desktop users, is compatible with over 45 different haptic and teledildonic devices. ViRo Playspace currently offers 8 virtual experiences that explore a variety of kinks and fetishes. To learn more, visit Viro