SensaBubble: a chrono-sensory mid-air display of sight and smell

Sue Ann Seah; Diego Martinez Plasencia; Peter Bennett; Abhijit Karnik; Vlad Otrocol; Jarrod Knibbe; Andy Cockburn; Sriram Subramanian

doi:10.1145/2556288.2557087

SensaBubble: a chrono-sensory mid-air display of sight and smell

Sue Ann Seah, Diego Martinez Plasencia, Peter Bennett, Abhijit Karnik, Vlad Otrocol, Jarrod Knibbe, Andy Cockburn, Sriram Subramanian

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Abstract

We present SensaBubble, a chrono-sensory mid-air display system that generates scented bubbles to deliver information to the user via a number of sensory modalities. The system reliably produces single bubbles of specific sizes along a directed path. Each bubble produced by SensaBubble is filled with fog containing a scent relevant to the notification. The chrono-sensory aspect of SensaBubble means that information is presented both temporally and multimodally. Temporal information is enabled through two forms of persistence: Firstly, a visual display projected onto the bubble which only endures until it bursts; secondly, a scent released upon the bursting of the bubble slowly disperses and leaves a longer-lasting perceptible trace of the event. We report details of SensaBubble's design and implementation, as well as results of technical and user evaluations. We then discuss and demonstrate how SensaBubble can be adapted for use in a wide range of application contexts- from an ambient peripheral display for persistent alerts, to an engaging display for gaming or education.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CHI 2014 - One of a CHind
Subtitle of host publication	Conference Proceedings - Toronto, Canada, April 26 - May 1, 2014 - The 32nd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Editors	Albrecht Schmidt, Tovi Grossman
Place of Publication	New York NY USA
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Pages	2863-2872
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Print)	9781450324731
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2556288.2557087
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2014
Externally published	Yes
Event	International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2014 - Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, Canada Duration: 26 Apr 2014 → 1 May 2014 Conference number: 32nd https://chi2014.acm.org/ https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/2556288 (Proceedings)

Conference

Conference	International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2014
Abbreviated title	CHI 2014
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Toronto
Period	26/04/14 → 1/05/14
Internet address	https://chi2014.acm.org/ https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/2556288 (Proceedings)

Keywords

Ambient displays
Bubbles
Ephemeral interfaces
Interactive displays
Multimodality

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Seah, S. A., Plasencia, D. M., Bennett, P., Karnik, A., Otrocol, V., Knibbe, J., Cockburn, A., & Subramanian, S. (2014). SensaBubble: a chrono-sensory mid-air display of sight and smell. In A. Schmidt, & T. Grossman (Eds.), CHI 2014 - One of a CHind: Conference Proceedings - Toronto, Canada, April 26 - May 1, 2014 - The 32nd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 2863-2872). Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). https://doi.org/10.1145/2556288.2557087

Seah, Sue Ann ; Plasencia, Diego Martinez ; Bennett, Peter et al. / SensaBubble : a chrono-sensory mid-air display of sight and smell. CHI 2014 - One of a CHind: Conference Proceedings - Toronto, Canada, April 26 - May 1, 2014 - The 32nd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. editor / Albrecht Schmidt ; Tovi Grossman. New York NY USA : Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2014. pp. 2863-2872

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Seah, SA, Plasencia, DM, Bennett, P, Karnik, A, Otrocol, V, Knibbe, J, Cockburn, A & Subramanian, S 2014, SensaBubble: a chrono-sensory mid-air display of sight and smell. in A Schmidt & T Grossman (eds), CHI 2014 - One of a CHind: Conference Proceedings - Toronto, Canada, April 26 - May 1, 2014 - The 32nd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), New York NY USA, pp. 2863-2872, International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2014, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 26/04/14. https://doi.org/10.1145/2556288.2557087

SensaBubble: a chrono-sensory mid-air display of sight and smell. / Seah, Sue Ann; Plasencia, Diego Martinez; Bennett, Peter et al.
CHI 2014 - One of a CHind: Conference Proceedings - Toronto, Canada, April 26 - May 1, 2014 - The 32nd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. ed. / Albrecht Schmidt; Tovi Grossman. New York NY USA: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2014. p. 2863-2872.

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Seah SA, Plasencia DM, Bennett P, Karnik A, Otrocol V, Knibbe J et al. SensaBubble: a chrono-sensory mid-air display of sight and smell. In Schmidt A, Grossman T, editors, CHI 2014 - One of a CHind: Conference Proceedings - Toronto, Canada, April 26 - May 1, 2014 - The 32nd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. New York NY USA: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). 2014. p. 2863-2872 doi: 10.1145/2556288.2557087

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