TY - GEN
T1 - Follow Your Nose
T2 - Extended Abtracts of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2026
AU - Obrist, Marianna
AU - Beşevli, Ceylan
AU - Maggioni, Emanuela
AU - Lai, Mei Kei
AU - Velasco, Carlos
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2026 Copyright held by the owner/author(s).
PY - 2026/4/13
Y1 - 2026/4/13
N2 - Over the past decades, olfactory interfaces have moved from the margins to the forefront of inquiry and design in HCI research and practice. Yet, while technical and interaction-focused work has advanced, there has been limited collective engagement with scent as a design material and its potential to shape multisensory experiences. Building on this growing interest, Follow Your Nose meet-up invites researchers, practitioners, and designers to collaboratively explore scent in this broader, practice-led context. We will draw on the olfactory design space through light, nose-first activities exploring how scents i) shape spatial experience, ii) evoke emotions and memories, iii) unfold over time, iv) reveal chemical contrasts that influence perception, and v) convey recognisable qualities. Through these activities, we will reflect on scent as a medium for interaction and surface emerging questions, opportunities, and directions for research and practice in olfactory and multisensory HCI.
AB - Over the past decades, olfactory interfaces have moved from the margins to the forefront of inquiry and design in HCI research and practice. Yet, while technical and interaction-focused work has advanced, there has been limited collective engagement with scent as a design material and its potential to shape multisensory experiences. Building on this growing interest, Follow Your Nose meet-up invites researchers, practitioners, and designers to collaboratively explore scent in this broader, practice-led context. We will draw on the olfactory design space through light, nose-first activities exploring how scents i) shape spatial experience, ii) evoke emotions and memories, iii) unfold over time, iv) reveal chemical contrasts that influence perception, and v) convey recognisable qualities. Through these activities, we will reflect on scent as a medium for interaction and surface emerging questions, opportunities, and directions for research and practice in olfactory and multisensory HCI.
KW - Digital Scent Technology
KW - Digital Smell
KW - Multisensory Experiences
KW - Olfaction
KW - Olfactory Interfaces
KW - Smell
KW - Smell Design
KW - Smell Material
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105038095522
U2 - 10.1145/3772363.3778881
DO - 10.1145/3772363.3778881
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:105038095522
T3 - Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings
BT - CHI 2026 - Extended Abtracts of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
A2 - Oliver, Nuria
A2 - Shamma, David A.
A2 - Candello, Heloisa
A2 - Cesar, Pablo
A2 - Lopes, Pedro
A2 - Artizzu, Valentino
A2 - Draxler, Fiona
A2 - Lopez, Gustavo
A2 - Reinschluessel, Anke V.
A2 - Tong, Xin
A2 - Toups Dugas, Phoebe O.
PB - Association for Computing Machinery
Y2 - 13 April 2026 through 17 April 2026
ER -