Year: 2025
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: Existing olfactory displays in Virtual Reality rely on one-to-one scent delivery strategies, requiring dedicated odor sources for each virtual object and resulting in complex implementations.We propose applying olfactory illusion to enable a single scent material to be perceived as multiple objects in a VR environment.Our approach utilizes three scent agents to represent six virtual objects through one-to-two olfactory illusion pairings.We conducted a user experiment to validate effectiveness.Results demonstrate that 75% of olfactory illusion pairings achieved successful dual object perception, with 83.3% of objects showing acceptable performance compared to authentic materials.Our findings reveal key factors affecting olfactory illusion effectiveness and provide design strategies for further enhancing olfactory illusion performance.
Authors: Qimeng Cui, Yanan Wang, Yucheng Li
Institution: Donghua University
Language: English
Subfield: Human-Computer Interaction
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
Award: G839454311
OpenAlex ID: W7084067632