How incorporation of scents could enhance immersive virtual experiences

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue JUL, 2014, Pages

  Ischer, Matthieu ^a   Baron, Naëm ^a   Mermoud, Christophe ^a   Cayeux, Isabelle ^b   Porcherot, Christelle ^b   Sander, David ^a   Delplanque, Sylvain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b Email:   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Emotion; Olfactometer; Olfactory display; Scent; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904720090     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00736     Document Type: Article

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