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