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What did I sniff? Mapping scents onto driving-related messages

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posted on 2023-06-09, 08:41 authored by Dmitrijs DmitrenkoDmitrijs Dmitrenko, Emanuela Maggioni, Chi Thanh ViChi Thanh Vi, Marianna Obrist
The sense of smell is well known to provide very vivid experiences and to mediate a strong activation of crossmodal semantic representations. Despite a growing number of olfactory HCI prototypes, there have been only a few attempts to study the sense of smell as an interaction modality. Here, we focus on the exploration of olfaction for in-car interaction design by establishing a mapping between three different driving-related messages ("Slow down", "Fill gas", "Passing by a point of interest") and four scents (lemon, lavender, peppermint, rose). The results of our first study demonstrate strong associations between, for instance, the "Slow down" message and the scent of lemon, the "Fill gas" message and the scent of peppermint, the "Passing by a point of interest" message and the scent of rose. These findings have been confirmed in our second study, where participants expressed their mapping preferences while performing a simulated driving task.

Funding

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

History

Publication status

  • Published

File Version

  • Accepted version

Journal

AutomotiveUI '17 Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications

Publisher

ACM

Page range

154-163

Event name

International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications

Event location

Oldenburg, Germany

Event type

conference

Event date

24-27 September 2017

ISBN

9781450351508

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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