Currently, Internet and virtual reality communication is essentially audio-visual. The next important breakthrough of the Internet will be the communication and sharing of smell and taste experiences digitally. Audio-visual stimuli are frequency based, and they can be easily digitized and actuated. On the other hand, taste and smell stimuli are based on chemical molecules, therefore, they are not easy to digitize or actuate. To solve this problem, we are required to discover new digital actuation technologies for taste and smell. The authors of this book have experimented on developing digital actuation devices for several years.

This book will provide a complete overview of the importance of digitizing taste and smell, prior works, proposed technologies by the authors, other state of the art research, advantages and limitations of the proposed methods, and future applications. We expect digital taste and smell technologies will revolutionize the field of multisensory augmented reality and open up new interaction possibilities in different disciplines such as Human Computer Interaction, Communication, and Augmented and Virtual Reality.

Presents cutting-edge developments in the areas of digital taste and digital smell interfaces through the latest research works The first book to discuss in detail about digital taste and smell interfaces and their applications, together with notes on technical implementation of devices and software Digital controllability of the sensation of taste and smell provides a useful platform for engineers, interaction designers, and media artists, so this is a useful research book for the above-mentioned professionals All the research work presented in the book has been recognized as highly influential in the field of human-computer interaction

Autorentext

Adrian David Cheok is Director of the Mixed Reality Lab, National University of Singapore. He is Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Inhalt
Introduction.- Early Research on Digitizing Taste and Smell.- Electric Taste.- Electric Smell.- Thermal Taste.- Taste and Smell Sensations Using Magnetic Stimulation.- Future and Applications of Digital Taste and Smell.- Conculsion.- Epilogue.