Vender VR

Vender is an IoT connected vending machine that started as an R&D project at Solstice before Adam joined the team. Less than a month before Solstice's digital innovation summit, Adam expanded Vender to the virtual world and vending a drink in VR would vend the same drink in real-life.

A user vends the drink of their choice by putting their hand up to one of the drink taps and waiting for the cup to be filled. Once filled, a service call is made to a Raspberry Pi hooked up to the vending machine, which then vends the user's drink. Drink choices are populated from a Hybris Platform which stores and manages all of Vender's data.