The RealTouch was a first of a kind teledildonic male sexual stimulation device consisting of a sleeve fitted with "belts, jets, heating elements and other gadgetry" that fits over the penis and synchronizes sensations to a specially produced online video.[1] It was created by AEBN in 2008. Representatives for the company demonstrated the device at the 2009 AVN Adult Entertainment Expo in Las Vegas and it was released in November 2009.[2][3][4]

AEBN also produced a dildo with a capacitive touch sensor; the JoyStick. With these two products, it sought to offer access to interactive remote teledildonic services over the Internet through its RealTouch Interactive division.[5][6]

Marketing the RealTouch had significant patent licensing costs.[7] AEBN withdrew from the market in 2015 when it could no longer sustain the cost of producing the product.[5]

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  1. ^ "Virtual sex coming soon". Daily Times. 13 January 2009. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
  2. ^ "Real Touch sex toy". CNET. 9 January 2009. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  3. ^ Ruslan Valeev (15 January 2009). "New Kind of Treadmill for your Penis: Cyberdildonics". National Sexuality Research Center. Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  4. ^ Rhett Pardon (11 November 2009). "AEBN Officially Rolls Out RealTouch". XBIZ. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  5. ^ a b Cooper, Daniel (February 26, 2015). "Adult Themes: The rise and fall of America's first digital brothel". Engadget. Retrieved 2019-08-11.
  6. ^ Cooper, Wilbert L.; Parisi, David (2017-08-29). "This Orgasm Machine Almost Revolutionized Sex As We Know It". Vice. Retrieved 2019-08-11.
  7. ^ Mullin, Joe (2015-07-23). ""Teledildonics" patent used to sue six nascent cybersex companies". Ars Technica. Retrieved 2019-08-11.