Obrist, Marianna, Velasco, Carlos, Vi, Chi Thanh, Ranasinghe, Nimesha, Israr, Ali, Cheok, Adrian D, Spence, Charles and Gopalakrishnakone, Ponnampalam (2016) Touch, taste, & smell user interfaces: the future of multisensory HCI. In: ACM CHI Conference on human factors in computing systems (CHI 2016), May 7-12, 2016, San Jose, CA, USA.

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Abstract

The senses we call upon when interacting with technology are very restricted. We mostly rely on vision and audition, increasingly harnessing touch, whilst taste and smell remain largely underexploited. In spite of our current knowledge about sensory systems and sensory devices, the biggest stumbling block for progress concerns the need for a deeper understanding of people’s multisensory experiences in HCI. It is essential to determine what tactile, gustatory, and olfactory experiences we can design for, and how we can meaningfully stimulate such experiences when interacting with technology. Importantly, we need to determine the contribution of the different senses along with their interactions in order to design more effective and engaging digital multisensory experiences. Finally, it is vital to understand what the limitations are that come into play when users need to monitor more than one sense at a time. The aim of this workshop is to deepen and expand the discussion on touch, taste, and smell within the CHI community and promote the relevance of multisensory experience design and research in HCI.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Other)
Keywords:	Touch, Taste, Smell, Multi-sensory, User Experiences, Multi-sensory Interaction, Interaction Modalities
Schools and Departments:	School of Engineering and Informatics > Informatics
Subjects:	T Technology > T Technology (General)
Depositing User:	Marianna Obrist
Date Deposited:	11 Apr 2016 14:02
Last Modified:	30 Aug 2017 12:01
URI:	http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/60417

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