In the report, Dr. Pearson writes:

By 2030, most people will have some form of virtual sex as casually as they browse porn today

By 2035 the majority of people will own sex toys that interact with virtual reality sex

We will start to see some forms of robot sex appearing in high-income, very wealthy households as soon as 2025

We will start to see robot sex overtaking human-human in 2050

Leisure spending could grow by a factor of five, and the sex market in 20 years could be three times bigger than today and seven times bigger by 2050.

Sex toys will account for a UK market of over £1bn