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Demonstration of inScent: a wearable olfactory display as an amplification for mobile notifications

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UbiComp '17: Proceedings of the 2017 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and Proceedings of the 2017 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers

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https://doi.org/10.1145/3123024.3123185

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We introduce inScent, a wearable olfactory display that can be worn in mobile everyday situations and allows the user to receive personal scented notifications. Olfaction, i.e. the sense of smell, is used by humans as a sensorial information channel as an element for experiencing the environment. Olfactory sensations are closely linked to emotions and memories, but also notify about personal dangers such as fire or foulness. We utilize the properties of smell as a notification channel by amplifying received mobile notifications with artificially emitted scents. We built a wearable olfactory display that can be worn as a pendant around the neck and contains up to eight different scent aromas that can be inserted and quickly exchanged via small scent cartridges. Upon emission, scent aroma is vaporized and blown towards the user. A hardware - and software framework is presented that allows developers to add scents to their mobile applications.

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UbiComp '17: Proceedings of the 2017 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and Proceedings of the 2017 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers

September 2017

1089 pages

ISBN:9781450351904

DOI:10.1145/3123024

General Chairs:
Seungyon "Claire" Lee
Google
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Leila Takayama
UC Santa Cruz
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Khai Truong
University of Toronto

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de Paiva Guimarães MMartins JDias DGuimarães RGnecco B(2022)An olfactory display for virtual reality glassesMultimedia Systems10.1007/s00530-022-00908-828:5(1573-1583)Online publication date: 14-Mar-2022
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Casillas-Figueroa RMorán AMeza-Kubo VRamírez-Fernández CAcosta-Quiroz COrihuela-Espina FMontero-Hernandez S(2020)ReminiScentia: shaping olfactory interaction in a personal space for multisensory stimulation therapyPersonal and Ubiquitous Computing10.1007/s00779-020-01468-226:6(1337-1353)Online publication date: 6-Oct-2020
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Saleme ESantos CGhinea G(2019)A mulsemedia framework for delivering sensory effects to heterogeneous systemsMultimedia Systems10.1007/s00530-019-00618-825:4(421-447)Online publication date: 1-Aug-2019
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