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Interoperability between Virtual Reality and Scent Display

가상현실과 향 디스플레이 연동

  • Lim, Seung-Ju (Department of Electonic Engineering, Hoseo Unversity) ;
  • Lee, Hae-Lyong (Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute) ;
  • Park, Jun-Seok (Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute) ;
  • Kim, Jeong-Do (Department of Electonic Engineering, Hoseo Unversity)
  • Received : 2016.11.11
  • Accepted : 2016.11.30
  • Published : 2016.11.30
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Abstract

The application of visual and auditory senses into virtual reality is easily taken for granted, but the sense of smell has been largely ignored. But many researches have shown that olfactory stimulation in virtual environments can increase the immersion and reality. In practical virtual reality, the use of scents is not always able to increase the immersion and reality. An ill-matched scent can decrease the reality. To solve this problem, we developed scent devices that can adjustable scents and scent intensity in order to display a well-matched scents in virtual reality. And we propose simple and practical way to program specific location to display scents and developed API function to control a developed scent device at virtual reality software.

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