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What did I sniff? Mapping scents onto driving-related messages
conference contribution
posted on 2023-06-09, 08:41 authored by Dmitrijs DmitrenkoDmitrijs Dmitrenko, Emanuela Maggioni, Chi Thanh ViChi Thanh Vi, Marianna ObristThe 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 ApplicationsPublisher
ACMPublisher URL
External DOI
Page range
154-163Event name
International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular ApplicationsEvent location
Oldenburg, GermanyEvent type
conferenceEvent date
24-27 September 2017ISBN
9781450351508Department affiliated with
- Informatics Publications
Research groups affiliated with
- Creative Technology Publications
Full text available
- Yes
Peer reviewed?
- Yes