Virtual Flavor: High-fidelity simulation of real flavor experiences.
Virtual Flavor: High-fidelity simulation of real flavor experiences.
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虚拟风味：高保真模拟真实风味体验。
DOI：
10.1109/mcg.2023.3242316
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发表时间：
2023
影响因子：
1.8
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Chalmers A
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Chalmers A
食物和饮料是我们生活的重要组成部分。虽然虚拟现实具有在虚拟世界中提供对真实的体验的高保真模拟的潜力，但是在这些虚拟体验中结合风味欣赏在很大程度上被忽视了。本文介绍了一种模拟真实的风味体验的虚拟风味装置。其目标是提供虚拟风味体验，使用食品安全化学品的三个组成部分（味道，香气，香味），这是被认为是“无法区分”从等效的真实的经验。此外，因为我们正在提供模拟，所以相同的设备可以用于通过添加或移除任何数量的组分来将用户带到从开始风味到新的优选风味的“风味发现之旅”。在第一个实验中，参与者（N = 28）接触真实的和虚拟的橙子汁样品，以及健康产品路易波士茶，并要求对它们的相似性进行评级。第二个实验研究了参与者（N = 6）如何在“风味空间”内从一种风味移动到另一种风味。结果表明，它是可能的，以高度的精度，一个真实的风味体验，并精确控制的“风味发现之旅”可以进行使用虚拟口味。
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.