They meet in a beautiful virtual space to experiment with device interactivity and touch simulation, to explore avatar proximity and to strengthen their phantom sense.  This is a separate journal entry from his perspective. SXJournal Foreplay #3.

Two explorers in the metaverse are researching avatar identity along with digital intimacy to determine how humans connect, express and feel themselves across different realities. 

In today's experience I learned more about what proximity between two avatars in virtual reality (VR) and physical reality can do to the phantom senses, including phantom temperatures. To experiment with this, I tried coordinating a sensory toy.