Virtual-Reality Scent System Fools Flavor Sense!
What you see and smell is what you taste...
Photo: University of Tokyo
Sights, sounds, and more recently, touch are commonly employed to create and enhance virtual-reality (VR) experiences. But the sense of smell is rarely a factor. A small group of researchers at the University of Tokyo is working to change that by integrating the sense of smell and sight in a way that alters a person’s perception of taste. Their VR system was able to trick people who were eating a plain Read more [...]