Kitchen and bathroom manufacturer plans immersive VR experience

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Spotted: German kitchen and bathroom manufacturer Dornbracht showed off its immersive virtual reality (VR) experience at this year’s Milan design week. The Is Memory Data? installation explored different ways to interact with water and consists of a simple bucket and hose. While visitors played with the real water, the VR goggles turned the experience into an interaction with a marble basin fountain that releases eccentric water droplets and other shapes.

“You feel the water flowing over your hands, but your eyes see something completely different in the VR. You experience changing materials and interacting with them,” Mike Meiré, the brand’s creative director, told Dezeen.com. “It is very interesting to see what this does to the brain and especially to your senses.” Dornbracht referred to the installation as an “emotional water experience that touches all the senses.”

This is the first project to come out of the Dornbracht Research Lab. Meiré launched the research project to focus on the intersection between technology and water.

Takeaway: It may seem like an unusual project for a kitchen and bathroom manufacturer to create, but the idea is to draw positive attention to the firm. The VR experience features a fountain that is based on Dornbracht’s Supernova tap model. The hope is that participants in the experiment will associate an enjoyable experience with the company’s product. Springwise has spotted several companies using interactive virtual technology to build positive brand awareness, from an avatar designed to sweet talk shoppers to a train service offering an onboard virtual reality experience.

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