Josh mentions in a very informative blog post (and subsequent comment thread) an idea he had for the RL tasting room - a water feature functioning as a spittoon. Evoking sushi restaurants where the dishes float lazily by, he envisions as a 3-4 inch wide trough, constructed of dark slate and inlaid into the bar. The idea is that continuously flowing fresh water carrying away the er, effluent might be more hygienic and/or sophisticated than having it accumulate in a container.

Consistent with the notion of a tasting room that ‘flows’ as a continuous modulated surface, here in virtual space we’re playing with the same idea on a larger scale, creating a rather sizeable ribbon of glass that weaves between the tables and frames an archway as one enters the space.