hanahana & hanahanahana : Interactive Art with Scent Visualization

Abstract

To integrate computers into the real world seamlessly, interaction technologies using not only visual and auditory information but also other sensory information are necessary. In this project, we focus on the expression possibilities of scent. As approaches to this concept, we propose two interactive systems named "hanahana" and "hanahanahana". In these systems, utilizes scent as input and correlates it with visual output to display the existence and variation of ambient scents, hanahana visualizes temporal variations of scent by projecting a flower image, which changes its shape, size, color, and degree of transparency. hanahanahana can also visualize a distribution of scent in an ambient air. In this paper, we describe the concept of this project, system design, implementations and users' behaviors through exhibitions.