KURI: VR Food Tasting Experience
Project Role: project management, experiential design
Overview
The Kokiri Lab team was invited to Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie in Paris to showcase the KURI Virtual Reality Food Tasting Experience. Teamed up with French Pastry Chef Francois Daubinet, the KURI team created an VR experience that sought to visually, audibly, and aromatically enhance the tasting of the delicious patisserie.
Preparing a user for their virtual experiences using their 5 senses.
TASTING SPACE
Two users are able to experience the VR installation at a given time. The experience typically lasts 3-5minutes.
The virtual experience taste testing world the team created using Maya.
CULINARY COLLABORATION
Our team collaborated with Chef Pâtissier Francois Daubinet (Paris) to create a multi-sensation patisserie to serve along with our VR experience. The purpose is to create an ensemble of various sensory experiences to go beyond our understanding and expectations of color and texture.
MORNING COFFEE & CALIBRATION
Every morning started with the re-calibration of the VR system. Here we are using the HTC system.
FOOD TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE
Our invitation to share our VR experience was part of a larger Food Technology Conference being held in Paris, France.
Kokiri Labs
Skid Row, Los Angeles
LAB & WORKSHOP
Our process involved many trial and errors while experimenting with different ideas and materials spanning physical prototyping, digital design, food and aroma testing. Below are a few photos showing different points of that process.
3D Printing VR controller enhancements, T
