olfactory-display
Olfactory Display: Using smell in VEs
In two master projects Sonja Haselhoff (2006) and Dirk Becker (2007) worked on the integration and evaluation of smell in interactive virtual environments. The Sniffman, a portable device delivering up to 32 different smells, was utilized to augment the physical or the virtual 3D space with location dependent smell.We also developed a VR System component to support rendering of smell appropriate to the user position in 2006/7. The approach works similar to audio rendering. A smell source is positioned in the virtual world. The amount of smell evaporated depends on the distance of the user to the smell source. Stay tuned for a publication in this, probably in 2011.
Papers
Olfaktorische virtuelle Umgebung zur Unterstützung überzeugender Erfahrungswelten
Dirk Becker
Hamburg, Univ., Fachbereich Informatik, Diplomarbeit, 2008
Olfaktorisches Display: Einbindung von Gerüchen in interaktive 3D-Welten
Sonja Haselhoff
Hamburg, Universität, Fachbereich Informatik, Diplomarbeit, 2006
Benutzerindividuelle, tragbare Geruchsausgabe in Virtuellen Umgebungen
Haselhoff S., Beckhaus S.
Virtuelle und Erweiterte Realität, 3. Workshop der GI-Fachgruppe VR/AR"
25. - 26. September 2006, Koblenz
Shaker Verlag, p. 83-94.
File(s): Paper (PDF)