To find real encounters you don't have to leave your home, the online dating site shared the new technological trends that are influencing human communication in the dating scene and making everything easier. Let's now look at some technologies that already exist or are currently being studied, which are leading and will lead the world of online dating to be increasingly accurate and efficient.
- Matchmaking programs
Computerized matchmaking programs have been the very soul of dating portals since their inception. Did you know that the first virtual matchmaking experiment dates back to the 60s, when a group of American students asked a computer to match couples for the first time? These are the same mechanisms that have been in use in dating agencies for decades. Tell the computer who you are, and it will select a person similar to you; tell it what you want, and the same mechanism will introduce you to the person who best matches your desires. It's nothing science fiction: just math, and those who work in dating agencies know this very well.
Of course, love isn't just a matter of algorithms, and we can't think of this matchmaking as the definitive solution to every problem. The fact remains, however, that since dating portals have become so popular, we've seen couples form that are much more homogeneous, and therefore potentially stronger and happier, than in the past.
- Using Virtual Reality
The rise of Virtual Reality could be revolutionary for the dating world of the future.
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The transition from the two-dimensional screen to virtual reality could provide what is currently most missing in online dating: "presence," the feeling of actually being in the virtual space itself.
This technology could also be applied to virtual intimacy, popular with many and certainly essential for those in long-distance relationships, such as sexting. Applying VR in these contexts could yield fantastic results, enhancing the pleasure inherent in flirting and long-distance sex, though it will obviously never match the sensations offered by nature: real physical contact will remain necessary as long as humanity exists, whether we're talking about walking hand-in-hand or sleeping together, embracing.
- Artificial intelligence applied to matchmakers
According to studies by the Pew Research Center, over 15% of American adults use or have used a dating site or app. Use of these sites among 18-24 year-olds tripled from 2013 to 2016, from 10% to 27%. Due to the growing interest in online matchmaking, Tinder's founder is currently working to simplify dating as well, increasing the role of artificial intelligence in matchmaking mechanisms. Likewise, most major sites are following this trend.
On the other hand, this is precisely the starting mission of dating sites themselves: to build a platform where you can show interest in someone without the fear of rejection, which when it happens in person is decidedly more painful than in the virtual world.
Artificial intelligence can take this fundamental idea to new heights, partially taking control of the "partner selection" process and automatically offering a match based on affinity. This means you could meet people on dating sites who are increasingly similar to you, according to an automatic selection based on refined mechanisms that prioritizes interests over physical characteristics.
