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A Raining Room You Can Walk Through And Not Get Wet

October 5, 2012 / art installation, i like, i want that, i would sit right in the middle of that and meditate until my brain was powerful enough to levitate objects, i'm only happy when it rains, london, makin' it rain, neato, no umbrella necessary, now make a snow one!, rain, staying dry, water, weather

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This is a video of Barbican's Rain Room. It's a room full of simulated rain that you can walk through and not get wet. Sorcery? Sadly, no. It uses 3-D cameras to track your movement and open a small pocket of dryness around you as you walk through it. Of course, it would be just my luck that the cameras would malfunction when I visited and I'd wind up soaked. It's cool though, I like the rain. Unless it's raining men. "Then you love it." Then I loooove it. <3

Hit the jump for a video demo.

Thanks to Nathan, who makes it rain the old fashioned way: with a handful of singles a magical Native American dance.

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  • "Towels provided". Also at the end of the video, the girl looks like she's getting rained on. =P (You'd probably have to get a bit wet, even if it's just spash from ground...)

  • Spent the whole vid waiting for a shot of someone actually walking through the thing - disappoint.

  • Why didn't I see anybody walking out dry? Or a shot inside the middle of the rain?

  • Cory Knoll

    I notice they don't take the camera through to demonstrate. They're very confident in the mechanism, I'm sure.

  • BillGatesIsYourDaddy

    I don't see anyone actually "walking" through this. they are all standing still.

  • Rayn_A

    But can I set fire to the rain?

  • Only if you want to make the Skyfall.

  • James Lee

    "Unless it's raining men. "Then you love it." Then I loooove it. <3"

    HAHAHHAH I'm so much more intrigued by your writing, humor and creativity than the topic itself.

  • This is a pretty awesome idea. :D
    If they do consider an upgrade to the system, supposedly they may consider dynamic patterns with rain (this seems like a great possibility).

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