Keanu Reeves , living meme and wiz ofThe Matrixfranchise , has late weigh in on the idea of fans using his digital embodiment for practical sex . While he appeared surprisingly easy with the conception of becoming a digital pornstar , he was much less forgiving towards NFTs .
speak in a wide - ranging consultation withThe Verge , Keanu andMatrixco - star topology Carrie - Anne Moss discuss everything from cryptocurrency to virtual reality ( VR).Keanu was told that many gamers requested hacks of the video gameCyberpunk 2077allowing them to " have sex " with his character ’s digital avatar . When asked if he was cool with that , he replied : “ Oh my god , it ’s always prissy when it ’s gracious , y’know . ”
“ I , on the other manus , say no thank you , ” Moss express joy , add together “ Keanu ’s okay with it . ”
“ Think of how much money is in pornography , right ? ” continued Keanu . “ You could not even have to be there , and people could have digital sexual activity with your digital avatar . ”
“ What ’s it scream right now ? For members only , you could do a whole thing , " Reeves said , presumably talking aboutOnlyFans .
" Then you got the VR matter … oh my god and they gravel the information on you with your rousing prosody – oh my gosh ! So then you ’re in your [ VR ] suit with the stimulation metrics through your member - only Metaverse X. Then you take everything off and how do you feel about the relationships you ’re in ? "
" But then you hold that genuine matter and you ’re like ‘ oh man , I ’m so glad we have reality , ’ ” he continued .
Moss , however , was not convinced : “ I hope I do not live to see this . ”
The consultation was in honor ofThe Matrix Awakens , a new open - world interactive tech demo create by Epic Games to show off their latest Unreal Engine 5 . It ’s also just in time for the much - wait 4th installment of the Matrix series , The Matrix Resurrections , released this month .
Keanu and Moss were also asked whether they were into cryptocurrency and theever - boggle man of NFTs , a “ non - fungible token " that can be used to represent possession of unequalled items in the digital humans .
" A admirer of mine bought some [ cryptocurrency ] for me a while back so , ” Reeves reply . When asked if he ’d done anything with his stash , he add together : " I have n’t had to . It ’s just like [ sitting there ] . "
While discourse NFTs , Reeves was asked about his view on “ the concept of digital scarcity and things that ca n’t be copied . ” To which Keanu erupt out express joy and say : " … that are well multiply tehehehe . "
Clearly , Keanu is not only a dab paw at playing the part of the simulated realism ’s messiah , but he ’s also conversant with the “ right - click and spare image ” technique .
