“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.

But while you wait for these future technologies, existing products can make one’s daily ablutions more pleasurable.

GROHE has also integrated wireless technology and push-button operation into its latest products. It includes digital control of water flow and temperature, and a water and energy calculator to gauge water usage, the annual cost and energy savings. The automatic bath filling feature will fill the bath for you to your pre-set temperature and water level.

All these technologies are there for the taking – but feedback from visitors at the ABC’s smart-home expo makes it clear that some people like their bathrooms just way they are.

One said her boyfriend doesn’t like her texting at the table …. so she feigns a bathroom visit during mealtimes to check her messages.

Another opined that “The bathroom is a sacred space - not for technology. It’s a time to chill out, and there’s no need to be engaged with anything else.”