Augmented Eating Experience based on Cross-modal Effects

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24680012
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (A)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Media informatics/Database
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: Narumi Takuji 東京大学, 情報理工学(系)研究科, 助教 (70614353)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): HIROSE MICHITAKA 東京大学, 大学院情報理工学系研究科, 教授 (40156716) ; TANIKAWA TOMOHIRO 東京大学, 大学院情報理工学系研究科, 講師 (80418657)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 感覚間相互作用 / 味覚 / 満腹感 / 食感 / 嗅覚 / 拡張現実感 / バーチャルリアリティ / 食体験

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research project realizes novel methods to augment eating experience by modifying the perception of taste, texture and satiety based on cross-modal effect induced by augmented reality techniques. We developed several flavor/texture/satiety displays which utilizing the cross-modal effects mainly related to visual modification with augmented reality, and evaluated their effectiveness and limitations quantitatively. We also investigated how users perceive the taste under various visual and olfactory conditions, both with and without the visual-olfactory interactions, and suggested that the cross-modal effect between vision and olfaction can effectively simplify pseudo-gustatory simulations.

Free Research Field

バーチャルリアリティ