‘Where’s the tongue?’: creepy Chinese kissing contraption offers long-distance, lip-smacking ‘real-life’ encounters of the smooching kind
- Bizarre device, which ‘inventor’ says promotes monogamous kissing, requires consent of both parties
- Online observers laugh out loud at ‘real-life’ lip-smacking app, but some ask, ‘where’s the tongue?’
A creepy kissing device with moving lips designed to allow people to feel “real” intimacy with long-distance lovers and even land smackers on random strangers, has gone viral on Chinese social media.
The “lips” – made from silicone – simulate the actual pressure, movement and heat of a kisser’s lips using sensors, allowing the device to send an exact replica of the smacker to the recipient’s device.
It works using a pairing mobile phone app, the Chinese news outlet Sichuan Guancha reported on February 20.
The canoodling contraption has reminded people of a similar gadget known as the “Kissenger” which broke the internet a few years ago and also allows remote kissing.
However, the Chinese version seems even more weird with its realistic design and a controversial “kiss square” function in the app that allows people to “upload” their smackers for other users to experience.
Priced at around 260 yuan (US$38) each and 550 yuan for a pair on the Chinese e-commerce platform Taobao, the device is selling at a rate of more than 100 a month.