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Darling</b> is an American pornographic actress and co-founder of <a href="/wiki/Virtual_reality" title="Virtual reality">virtual reality</a> company VRTube.xxx.<sup id="cite_ref-VRExpo2017_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VRExpo2017-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-rollingstone2017-11-09_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rollingstone2017-11-09-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-VRScout2016-06-18_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VRScout2016-06-18-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>, Darling first used virtual reality technology to record an erotic scenario in 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-NYTimes2017-10-28_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYTimes2017-10-28-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Life_and_career">Life and career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ela_Darling&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Life and career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Darling earned a <a href="/wiki/Master_of_Library_and_Information_Science" title="Master of Library and Information Science">Master of Library Science</a> degree from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Illinois">University of Illinois</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-HuffPost_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HuffPost-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and worked as a <a href="/wiki/Reference_librarian" class="mw-redirect" title="Reference librarian">reference librarian</a> prior to becoming an actor and entrepreneur.<sup id="cite_ref-VRExpo2017_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VRExpo2017-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Darling has been a speaker at several conferences focused on virtual reality.<sup id="cite_ref-TheGuardian2016-03-18_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TheGuardian2016-03-18-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was also one of the individuals profiled in <a href="/wiki/Allan_Amato" title="Allan Amato">Allan Amato</a>'s 2016 book <i>Slip: Naked in Your Own Words</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-SlipNaked_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SlipNaked-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2014,<sup id="cite_ref-IcannInfo_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IcannInfo-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> she started VRTUBE.XXX and has been considered a pioneer and an entrepreneur in the industry of Virtual Reality erotica;<sup id="cite_ref-TheVerge_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TheVerge-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> an industry that was projected in 2018 to grow to $1 billion (USD) by 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-WSJ2018_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WSJ2018-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the 2016 <a href="/wiki/South_by_Southwest_Festival" class="mw-redirect" title="South by Southwest Festival">South by Southwest Festival</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i> quoted Darling asserting that patent holders were preventing the production of <a href="/wiki/Teledildonic" class="mw-redirect" title="Teledildonic">teledildonic</a> technology.<sup id="cite_ref-TheGuardian2016-03-18_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TheGuardian2016-03-18-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In October 2017 comments Darling made about how <a href="/wiki/Sex_robot" title="Sex robot">sex robots</a> would affect the erotic film industry were widely repeated.<sup id="cite_ref-Express2017-10-09_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Express2017-10-09-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In a 2017 profile of Darling, <i><a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stone_magazine" class="mw-redirect" title="Rolling Stone magazine">Rolling Stone magazine</a></i> described Darling's first experience filming a VR experience.<sup id="cite_ref-rollingstone2017-11-09_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rollingstone2017-11-09-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Darling won the 2018 <a href="/wiki/XBIZ_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="XBIZ Award">XBIZ Award</a> for "Crossover Star of the Year".<sup id="cite_ref-XBIZ_Awards_Winners_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-XBIZ_Awards_Winners-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ela_Darling&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2017-10-29</span></span>. <q>Since earning her Master's degree at the age of 21 and transitioning from a career as a Reference Librarian, Ela has spent the last 6.5 years as a feminist, porn star, and political activist.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Ela+Darling&rft.date=2017&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fvrexpo.com%2F2017-speaker%2Fela-darling%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AEla+Darling" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-rollingstone2017-11-09-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-rollingstone2017-11-09_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-rollingstone2017-11-09_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFSophia_Jennings2017" class="citation news cs1">Sophia Jennings (2017-11-09). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/meet-ela-darling-porn-star-activist-tech-pioneer-195625/">"Meet Ela Darling: Porn Star, Activist, Tech Pioneer"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stone_magazine" class="mw-redirect" title="Rolling Stone magazine">Rolling Stone magazine</a></i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180709044140/https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/meet-ela-darling-porn-star-activist-tech-pioneer-195625/">Archived</a> from the original on 2018-07-09<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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