Heat Based Odors Delivery Apparatus for Interactive Game Playing

Abstract

Scent delivery systems or what are known as olfactory displays has been the most recent trend in human computer interaction, control and automation, virtual reality, augmented reality, e-commerce and many other fields in the computer world. These devices have the ability to generate smell combinations for some digital items in the computer virtual world. The idea is to deliver additional perception (olfactory perception) to the user to enrich his/her indulgence while interacting with the computer. The proposed olfactory display is similar to this concept but greatly differ in many aspects, using laser based atomization method to produce enough sudden heat to generate odors that cannot be generated using chemical materials these odors are smoke, gun powder, wood milling, cigarettes smoking, plastic melting and Incense. All olfactory displays researchers avoid involving these types of odors in their studies due to the difficulty of the generation and control of such odors and the absence of their correct and precise generation using chemical materials. The proposed system will provide a way of generating such odors while interactive game is being played by a user with minimum impact on the environment to avoid adaption to the user's olfactory system and polluting the environment that the user occupies.

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“…85% of participants had confirmed being negatively affected by the anger-inducing pictures shown at the very beginning of the experiment. These participants have described their emotional state as disturbed/distressed/upset/uncomfortable (17), angry/frustrated (16), sad (16), not happy/not positive/negative/bad (5), unpleasant/irritated/disgusted (5), disappointed/discouraged (2), confused (2), insecure (1) and stressed (1). For example, P20 described their emotions in the following way: "These are not very pleasant pictures.…”

“…a pedestrian suddenly crossing the road, a slow zigzagging car, a bicycle cutting off and a car cutting off) experienced in the driving simulator. They described their feelings as angry/frustrated/furious/annoyed/pissed off/irritated/impatient (25), having experienced something unexpected/unpredictable/crazy/unsafe/random/hectic (15), stressed 7, anxious/worried (3), upset/distressed/discouraged (3), confused (2) and cautious (1). For example, P15 said: "I felt a little annoyed by the pedestrians.…”

“…All 10 participants who smelled rose said this scent made them feel less nervous (1), more relaxed/peaceful/settled/soothed (5), positive (1), attentive (1), positively affected (1), and less emotional (1). For example, P35 said: "It made me feel more relaxed...…”

“…6/10 participants who smelled peppermint highlighted the arousing and hedonic properties of this scent. They said that it made them positively affected (1), happy (1), more attentive/aware (3) and comfortable (1). For example, P33 said: "One thing for sure is that I was more aware of the events because of the scent."…”

“…In such a case, even an unpleasant scent (e.g. civet) could match some of the situations in a game (as in [27,1]). On the other note, a pleasant arousing scent (e.g.…”