Mirror mirror on the wall: Talking mirrors in bathrooms of the future tailor made for media consumption
Images and sounds will be seen and heard “whether you’re sitting on the toilet or shaving”, while surfaces such as shower screens and mirrors will become interactive
So you stumble in the bathroom, still half asleep, and a cheery voice greets you: “Good morning”. It’s the mirror talking.
You find a comfortable place to sit - warmed to your personal preference – and begin to digest the overnight news headlines, all the while going about the business that bathrooms were intended for.
“We will see the advent of bathrooms designed for media consumption just as living rooms are today,” the researchers say, predicting bathrooms will be embedded with technologies “that open up possibilities for new forms of media”.
It will be devoid of dedicated screens. They’re thinking sensors which detect your body position and line-of-sight, so that images and sounds can be seen and heard “no matter whether you’re sitting on the toilet or shaving”. Surfaces such as shower screens and mirrors will become interactive, waterproof smart displays responsive to voice or gesture.
A smart mirror could interpret your physical health – either relaying data from your wearable device, or via sensors of its own. The data is fed back to a media channel, such as the ABC, which can deliver content tailored for your personal health goals and concerns.
