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OSpace: towards a systematic exploration of olfactory interaction spaces

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posted on 2023-06-09, 08:41 authored by Dmitrijs DmitrenkoDmitrijs Dmitrenko, Emanuela Maggioni, Marianna Obrist
When designing olfactory interfaces, HCI researchers and practitioners have to carefully consider a number of issues related to the scent delivery, detection, and lingering. These are just a few of the problems to deal with. We present OSpace - an approach for designing, building, and exploring an olfactory interaction space. Our paper is the first to explore in detail not only the scent-delivery parameters but also the air extraction issues. We conducted a user study to demonstrate how the scent detection/lingering times can be acquired under different air extraction conditions, and how the impact of scent type, dilution, and intensity can be investigated. Results show that with our setup, the scents can be perceived by the user within ten seconds and it takes less than nine seconds for the scents to disappear, both when the extraction is on and off. We discuss the practical application of these results for HCI.

Funding

OWidgets - Design of a new non-existing layer of information delivery through smell; G2057; EUROPEAN UNION; 737576

SenseX - Sensory Experiences for Interactive Technologies; G1589; EUROPEAN UNION; H2020-ERC-2014-STG-638605

History

Publication status

  • Published

File Version

  • Accepted version

Journal

ISS '17: Proceedings of the 2017 ACM International Conference on Interactive Surfaces and Spaces

Publisher

ACM

Page range

171-180

Event name

ACM International Conference on Interactive Surfaces and Spaces

Event location

Brighton, UK

Event type

conference

Event date

17-20 October 2017

Place of publication

New York, NY, United States

ISBN

9781450346917

Department affiliated with

  • Informatics Publications

Research groups affiliated with

  • Creative Technology Publications

Full text available

  • Yes

Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2017-11-07

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2017-11-07

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2017-11-07

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