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  • Virtual flavor: High-fidelity simulation of real flavor experiences

Chalmers, Alan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1724-1500, Zholzhanova, Danel, Arun, Tarunya and Asadipour, Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0159-3090, 2023, Journal Article, Virtual flavor: High-fidelity simulation of real flavor experiences IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, 43 (2). pp. 23-31. ISSN 0272-1716

Abstract or Description:

Food and drink are key parts of our lives. While virtual reality has the potential to provide a high-fidelity simulation of real experiences in virtual worlds, the incorporation of flavor appreciation within these virtual experiences has largely been ignored. This article introduces a virtual flavor device to simulate real flavor experiences. The goal is to provide virtual flavor experiences, using food-safe chemicals for the three components of a flavor (taste, aroma, mouthfeel), which are perceived as “indistinguishable” from the equivalent real experience. Furthermore, because we are delivering a simulation, the same device can be used to take a user on a “flavor discovery journey” from a start flavor to a new, preferred flavor by adding or removing any amount of the components. In the first experiment, participants (N = 28) were exposed to real and virtual samples of orange juice, and the health product, rooibos tea, and asked to rate their similarity. The second experiment investigated how participants (N = 6) could move within “flavor space” from one flavor to another. The results show that it is possible to simulate, with a high degree of precision, a real flavor experience, and precisely controlled “flavor discovery journeys” can be undertaken using virtual flavors.

Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MCG.2023.3242316
Subjects: Other > Mathematical and Computer Sciences > G400 Computer Science
Other > Mathematical and Computer Sciences > G400 Computer Science > G440 Human-computer Interaction
Other > Mathematical and Computer Sciences > G500 Information Systems > G520 Systems Design Methodologies
Other > Mathematical and Computer Sciences > G500 Information Systems > G540 Databases
Other > Mathematical and Computer Sciences > G500 Information Systems > G560 Data Management
Other > Mathematical and Computer Sciences > G600 Software Engineering
Other > Mathematical and Computer Sciences > G700 Artificial Intelligence
Other > Engineering > H100 General Engineering
School or Centre: Research Centres > Computer Science Research Centre
Research & Innovation
Funders: University of Warwick and the Royal Academy of Engineering (Grant Number: IAPP18-1989)
Identification Number or DOI: 10.1109/MCG.2023.3242316
Uncontrolled Keywords: Mouth; Chemicals; Color; Visualization; Solid modeling; Resists; Tongue
Date Deposited: 27 Mar 2023 15:58
Last Modified: 04 May 2023 10:41
URI: https://researchonline.rca.ac.uk/id/eprint/5317
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